This article develops a systematic analysis of available data on foreign workers in the Italian
economy. Their presence reflects the fragmented character of Italian labour markets and the …

In little more than a decade, Italy has become a country characterized by immigration from
abroad. This pattern is far removed from what central‐northern European countries …

The article analyses the incorporation of immigrants into the Italian labour market and the
difficulties they encounter in accessing both employment and qualified occupations. The …

This paper focuses on the typical paths of migrants' insertion in the informal economy in Italy.
It begins with a review of the international debate on the informal economy and ethnic …

As three mass legalisations have revealed, migrants in Italy were predominantly staying on
without a permit and without being entitled to pursue regular work. It was further uncovered …

The paper analyses the impact of foreign workers on the Italian labour market. We address
the issue of whether immigrants from less developed countries are complementary or …

This chapter analyses from a comparative socio-historical perspective the social production
of boundaries between formal and informal economies and how they shape the paths of …

Abstract Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal were the West European countries that received
more economic immigrants in the last 20 years, becoming shortly among the European …

The paper uses estimates, provided by the Central Statistical Office, of standard units of
labour to examine how immigrants working (illegally) in the shadow economy affect the …

In this paper, we analyse the characteristics of employed migrants before and after the
beginning of the recession in Italy to understand whether the economic crisis has …