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From tertiary education to work in Italy: a difficult transition

Author(s): Marco Montanari, Dino Pinelli, Roberta Torre

From tertiary education to work in Italy: a difficult transitionpdf(691 kB) Choose translations of the previous link 

Despite their scarcity, Italy’s university graduates struggle to secure jobs and earn less than their peers elsewhere in the EU. To shed light on this apparent paradox, this Country Focus takes advantage of a unique national database to analyse the transition from tertiary education to work.


(Country Focus 05. June 2015. Brussels. PDF. 9pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.)

KC-XA-15-005-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-44871-3 (online)
doi: 10.2765/538065 (online)

JEL classification: J 21, J 24

The views expressed in the ECFIN Country Focus are those of the authors only and do not necessarily correspond to those of the Directorate-General for Economic and financial Affairs or the European Commission.

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