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In this chapter I study the effect of a specific institution — the Scala Mobile (SM) — on changes in returns to education in Italy between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, using micro data from the Bank of Italy’s Survey of Households’ Income and Wealth.
I am indebted to David Card for his generous help. I also benefited from discussions with Richard Blundell, Alan Manning and, especially, Richard Freeman.
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Manacorda, M. (2002). Wage Indexation and the Evolution of Returns to Education in Italy, 1978–92. In: Freeman, R.B. (eds) Inequality Around the World. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09971-6_4
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