The aim of the project is to analyze the working histories of men and women and their implications for health, fertility and labour market outcomes, including pensions. Our analysis will be focused on Europe also in comparison with the United States. A particular attention will be devoted to Italy that is an interesting case-study as it has been engaged in an intense process of labour market deregulation and a series of pension reforms since the `90s and it is characterized by very low female activity and fertility rates, among the lowest in Europe.
Specifically, the project will be developed along two main directions. The first aims at investigating the path-dependency of individual employment trajectories and their influence on the prosecution of the working life. In more detail, the project will analyse long-lasting effects of career trajectories and discontinuities on employability, wages and future pensions, also focusing on how the exposition to risks related to career differ by individuals' characteristic, e.g. by gender, citizenship, skills, industry. Furthermore, the project will inquire the link between employment trajectories and fertility choices, also investigating how these choices, together with previous individuals' employment pattern, affect later outcomes in the labour market (e.g. unemployment risk, type of contract, wages) and pension wealth.
The second line of research will investigate the link between long-term employment trajectories and individuals' health, focusing both on middle aged individuals and on the elderly and analyzing how this link differs according to main individual characteristics (e.g., gender, education, marital status).
The two parts will be carried out simultaneously, emphasizing the policy implications implied by our main findings. In the project, we will carry out both theoretical and empirical analyses.
