Abstract
Relying on various sources of data, the article aims to prove an overview on Italian graduates’ employment and labour market participation in times of economic crisis. It provides a short description of Italy’s higher education, economy and labour market, and an analysis of graduate employment, especially focusing on fresh graduates. Three possible views on the Italian case are also suggested, and some recent policy initiatives fostering graduate employability both at the national and the local levels are illustrated. In order to offer a better understanding of the topic, the Italian situation is occasionally compared to the situation of Germany, the leading economy in Europe.
Highlights
Com base em diversas fontes de dados, este artigo pretende contribuir para uma visão geral sobre o emprego e a participação no mercado de trabalho dos graduados italianos em tempos de crise económica
In order to offer a better understanding of the topic, the Italian situation is occasionally compared to the situation of Germany, the leading economy in Europe
After the expansion of the system following the implementation of the Bologna Process in the 2000s, and the period of global economic downturn of the past decade (Ballarino, 2015; Moscati and Pugliese, 1996). In these two periods both public debate and scholarly investigation focused on similar issues: the economic system’s poor capacity to create and maintain adequate jobs for graduates, a supply of graduates exceeding the demand of highly – qualiied labour, the length of time needed to move from study to work, prolonged or repeated graduate unemployment, possible graduate over – education, the shift from standard employment to various forms of non-standard contracts, and marked differences in graduate employment and work according to gender, region and ield of study (Ballarino and Bratti, 2009; De Francesco and Trivellato, 1978; Ghirardini and Pellinghelli, 2000; Maestripieri and Ranci, 2016; Moscati and Rostan, 2000; Santoro and Pisati, 1996; Trombetti and Stanchi, 2006)
Summary
ISSN: 2182-7427 Publisher CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Electronic reference Michele Rostan and Adriana Stan, « Italian graduates’ employability in times of economic crisis : overview, problems and possible solutions », Forum Sociológico [Online], 31 | 2017, Online since 31 December 2017, connection on 05 May 2019. ITALIAN GRADUATES’ EMPLOYABILITY IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS: OVERVIEW, PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. ITALIAN GRADUATES’ EMPLOYABILITY IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS: OVERVIEW, PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS A INSERÇÃO PROFISSIONAL DE DIPLOMADOS ITALIANOS EM TEMPOS DE CRISE ECONÓMICA: UMA VISÃO GLOBAL, OS PROBLEMAS E AS POSSÍVEIS SOLUÇÕES
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