Migration in Italy is Backing the Old Age Welfare

Daniela Del Boca and Alessandra Venturini

No 8328, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Our research analyzes the effect of changes in migration policies and the accession to the European Union of former countries of emigration, considering the crucial role played by migrants in an aging society. We focus on the demand of family-care workers by using the last five years of the Italian Labour Force Survey dataset. Our results show that especially during the last years of recession, foreign labor (mostly female) has become fundamental in the family sector, favoring the participation of Italian skilled women in the labor market.

Keywords: aging; women's work; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F66 J15 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-dem, nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Forthcoming - published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, 2016

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