##manager.scheduler.building##: Velodromo - Bocconi University
##manager.scheduler.room##: N06
Date: 2019-01-26 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Last modified: 2018-12-26
Abstract
This paper studies the effects of geographical mobility on occupational achievement in Italy. Three issues are addressed: a) the causal effect of GM on achievement; b) its distribution over time, i.e. whether it occurs immediately after the movement, if it is postponed, or whether it is caused by selection into occupational trajectories; c) whether the effect of GM changes according to gender and to social and geographical origin, and whether with respect to origin it follows a compensation or a boosting pattern.
Analyses are based on the Longitudinal Survey on Italian Households (ILHS) and use Linear Probability Panel Models with FE. A gender divide is shown in regard to the probability of employment, where a positive effect of GM is found for men and a negative one for women. A causal effect of GM on occupational outcomes appears to exist only as regards men, because for women the divergence with respect to ‘stayers’ appears well before GM. Finally, the effects of GM are generally stronger for individuals originating from the middle and lower classes and from rural areas, but they are not so strong as to enable those individuals to change their position in the occupational hierarchy.