Corriere della Sera:
In Italia il lavoro paga di più, ma la differenza con gli uomini aumenterà (translate)
8 July 2014
In Italy, the job pays more, but the difference with men increase
Not only that, by analyzing the data that experts call ''raw'', it turns out that the pay gap in Italy, rather than diminished with the passing of years increases. In the tables, Eurostat was 4.9 per cent in 2008, then rose in 2009 (5.5 per cent) and in the following years up to 6.7 per cent in 2014. Risk that the worst situation analysis is Roberta Zizza in line with the work of two researchers of Italian origin working overseas, Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics) and Claudia Olivetti (Boston University).
This article was published by Corriere della Sera (Italy) on July 8, 2014
Link to article here
Related publications
'Gender Gaps Across Countries and Skills: Supply, Demand and the Industry Structure', Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1093, November 2011
'Unequal Pay or Unequal employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps', Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.711, December 2005
Related links
Barbara Petrongolo webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage