Unemployment by gender and gender catching-up: Empirical evidence from the Italian regions

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-494

  Belloc, Marianna ^a   Tilli, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender unemployment gap; Labour market reforms; Regional disparities; Unemployment dynamics; Unit root tests with structural break

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; REFORM PROCESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84881554405     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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