Ricerc@Sapienza

We estimate whether early career patterns of tertiary graduates changed after the reform that deregulated fixed-term arrangements in 2001 in Italy, comparing the first six years of the career of
those who graduated before and after 2001. Considering short- and medium-term outcomes in the labour market, we find that the searching time for the first job reduces for those graduated
after 2001, while these individuals start working more frequently through atypical arrangements. Furthermore, post-2001 graduates worsen their economic condition with respect to the previous

We study how firms and industries adjust to increasing international trade in intermediate inputs.
In particular, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of new imported inputs on wage
dynamics, on the skill-composition of the labor force, on worker mobility, and on assortative matching
between firms and workers. We employ matched employer-employee data for Italy, over 1995–2007.
We complement these data with information on the arrival of new imported inputs at the industry