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“FDI Potential and Shortfalls in South-Mediterranean Countries. Determinants and Diversion Effects”
No full textThe patterns of economic transition in the Commonwealth of independent states
No full textThere are at least four important peculiarities of the CIS pattern of transition compared to that of the CEECs:
reform was slow, whatever the criteria adopted to measure it; the output fall was larger and more persistent;
there was no mass unemployment, especially at the outset, pointing to widespread labour hoarding. In turn, firms could keep all
the available resources thanks to wage arrears and persistent soft-budget constraints; income inequality dramatically increased.
To address these issues the paper proceeds by surveying the so-called Optimal Speed of Transition (OST) literature
Overeducation at a Glance: Determinants and Wage Effects of the Educational Mismatch, Looking at the AlmaLaurea Data, IZA Discussion Paper n. 7788
No full textThis paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on
AlmaLaurea data. We focus on jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in
2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high – at 11.4 and 8% – when compared to
EU economies. Ceteris paribus they tend to be more frequent among children of parents with
lower educational levels, through school tracking. Most arts degrees and social sciences, but
also Geology and Biology are associated to both types of the educational mismatch. The
quality of education is also a factor, suggesting that in addition to the low demand for skills,
one should also reckon the inability of the educational system to provide work-related skills.
Moreover, we find a non-conditional wage penalty of 20% and 16% and a conditional one of
about 12% and of 7%, respectively. Heckit returns a sample selection corrected penalty
slightly higher, supporting not only the job competition and job assignment models, but also
the human capital model
Aziz N.A., Monzini P., Pastore F., The Changing Dynamics of Cross-border Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Mediterranean, 2015
No full textAziz N.A., Monzini P., Pastore F., The Changing Dynamics of Cross-border Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Mediterranean, NewMed Research Network, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, 2015 "Moving from the understanding of the two phenomena of human smuggling and trafficking, which are close to one another but conceptually different, the report discusses the extent to which old and new realities in the Mediterranean region have an impact on regional and crossregional migration flows, ..
Aziz N.A., Monzini P., Pastore F., The Changing Dynamics of Cross-border Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Mediterranean, 2015
No full textAziz N.A., Monzini P., Pastore F., The Changing Dynamics of Cross-border Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Mediterranean, NewMed Research Network, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, 2015 "Moving from the understanding of the two phenomena of human smuggling and trafficking, which are close to one another but conceptually different, the report discusses the extent to which old and new realities in the Mediterranean region have an impact on regional and crossregional migration flows, ..
Sun prevention and information technology
No full textThe study was carried out in Capri during the summer of 2006. The data concerning UV irradiance were regularly recorded over
the entire period of the study describing the numerical index of UV radiation intensity (UVI).5
A total of 450 tourists answered a questionnaire containing personal information regarding sex, age, eye colour, hair colour, phototype, sunscreen used and sunbathing time. The MED was measured by the Skin Analyser Q Tan. After the MED examination,
the staff of dermatologists created a card (record) for each volunteer examined, which contained information about their photosensitivity. During sun exposure the volunteers examined at the dermatologic centre were informed directly through their mobile phones by SMSs, about the optimal UV dose for their skin, an estimate of the residual exposure time and the protection factor of the sunscreen they needed according to UVI units registered.
The information released by mobile phone was based on the correlation of daily UVI registered by the experimental set-up and the individual photosensitivity, thus obtaining an estimate of the maximum exposure time expressed in minutes to prevent sunburn.
These values were reached on the basis of the effective erythemal dose (DE) expressed in MED/h using the following algorithm ST 1⁄4 60/DE. Therefore, in a typically sunny August day with a UVI equal to 6 (2.6 MED/h), a phototype I or II at his/her first
sun exposure would develop a sunburn after about 20 min, while in a moderately pigmented subject, this would take some hours (Table 1).
This campaign aimed to capture the attention of young people by an experimental photodermatology service and to promote preventive care through a system of customized UVI teledosimetry using information technology such as mobile phones, keen to young people. This pilot study could represent an example of cooperation between information technology and clinicians using information technology in the field of photoprotection and can suggest further research development to optimize the sun prevention
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Delayed graduation and overeducation: A test of the human capital model versus the screening hypothesis
Full text linkThe academic circles are devoting a growing interest to delayed graduation and overeducation, but none has analyzed the joint consequences of these two phenomena. Thus, this paper studies the link between graduation not within the minimum period and overeducation, and the effects of these variables on wages, using the ISFOL-Plus data. According to the human capital model, delayed graduation increases a student' human capital and should, therefore, reduce her probability of being overeducated, while increasing her wage. According to the screening hypothesis, instead, delayed graduation signals low skills and therefore increases the chances of being overeducated, while bearing a wage penalty. The evidence lines towards predictions based on the screening hypothesis. First, delayed graduation increases the chances of overeducation. In addition, the direct wage penalty associated to delayed graduation equals 7% of the median wage. However, being a determinant of overeducation, it also indirectly contributes to the penalty of 19.8% of the median wage associated to overeducation. These effects are sizeable, considering the very low returns to higher education in Italy reported in previous studies
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