Stefano Cantalini
Biographic Data
| ID | 223578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Cantalini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Cantalini |
| SIGNATURE | CANTALINI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2493-9461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The PhD Premium: Diverging Occupational Returns to the PhD Credential in 20 European Countries
In recent years, the number of PhD titles awarded has increased globally, as it did in most countries. What is the relationship between such expansion and the occupational condition of PhDs? Is there a PhD premium, that is an occupational advantage of PhD holders with respect to college graduates? In this paper, we provide empirical evidence for 20 European countries by estimating two-step models on European Labor Force Survey data (2009–2020). O…
Unequal Penalties: The Relative Weight of Gender and Ethnic Disadvantage in Migrant Women's Labor Market Integration Across Western Europe
Recent research has highlighted the distinct position of migrant women in host labor markets, showing they face a “double disadvantage” due to the intersection of gender and migrant status. However, evidence remains limited on the relative weight of these two sources of disadvantage and how they vary across origins and destinations. This research note examines the labor market outcomes of migrant women in Western Europe, asking whether they face …
Do migrants fare better than non-movers? A quasi-experimental comparison of Poles and Romanians in Italy and the UK
Most studies on immigrant integration compare migrants to natives, overlooking whether migration improves outcomes relative to staying in the origin country. This study adopts a single-origin–multiple-destination design to evaluate whether Polish and Romanian migrants in Italy and the UK gain employment and occupational advantages over their non-migrant peers. Using harmonised Labour Force Survey data and Coarsened Exact Matching, the analysis es…
Regional Disparities, Geographical Marginality, and Educational Pathways: A Study on Upper Secondary Education in Italy
This study examines the role of geographical location for educational outcomes in Italy, analysing variations between “central” and “marginal” areas in high school enrolment, dropout rates, and academic track placement. Drawing on data from the Italian Labour Force Survey (2005–2014) and INVALSI (2017–2018 and 2018–2019), the findings indicate that geographical marginality is only moderately associated with educational outcomes, especially in com…
Navigating employment and overeducation: Comparative study of immigrant experiences in 17 Western European nations
The labor market integration of migrants, focusing on employment and job quality, differs notably across Southern and Continental-Northern European nations, often involving trade-offs. Nonetheless, little is known about whether these diverse migrant inclusion models in European labor markets extend to the combination of employment and overeducation. Additionally, the role of gender in this context remains unclear. While overeducation is more prev…
Cohabitation and Marriage Formation in Times of Fertility Decline: The Case of Sweden in the Twenty-First Century
Developments over time in the prevalence of marriage and cohabitation formation has long received much interest, but less is known about more recent developments for different population subgroups in European countries. This applies as well to Sweden, a country considered a forerunner in family-demographic change. In contrast, much attention has been paid to the falling birth rates during the 2010s, and explanations that focus on the role of incr…
Multiple Origins and Multiple Destinations: The Fertility of Immigrant Women in Europe
Studies on immigrant fertility typically compare immigrants and natives or different migrant groups at the same destination but rarely immigrants of the same origins in different destination countries. In this paper, we look at immigrants from multiple origins in multiple destination countries simultaneously, using the European Union Labour Force Survey to compare female immigrants from ten areas of origin in eight destination countries in Europe…
Trade off tra occupazione e qualità del lavoro. Uno studio sui principali gruppi di immigrati in Italia
Social origin and women’s occupational careers. The role of parenthood in shaping social inequality among Italian women
This paper studies in longitudinal perspective the direct effect of social origin (DESO) on the careers of women in Italy, focusing on the role of motherhood in shaping the DESO and its pattern over the life course. Career outcomes are seen in terms of employment interruptions and of occupational status. First, the paper analyzes when the DESO appears, and how it evolves over the occupational career and the life course. Second, it investigates wh…
Ethnic Wage Penalty and Human Capital Transferability: A Comparative Study of Recent Migrants in 11 European Countries
This article examines the ethnic wage penalty among migrants in 11 Western European countries. It aims to extend the literature on the models of migrant occupational inclusion in European labor markets by studying the wage gap and to disentangle whether the gross wage penalty experienced by foreign-born residents can be explained by human capital-related factors and/or by migrants’ occupational segregation. Estimating probit models with sample se…
Is Geographical Mobility Beneficial? The Impact of the South-to-North Internal Migration on Occupational Achievement in Italy
Geographical mobility plays a crucial role in shaping demographic and social change, yet few studies have examined its impact on occupational success and the transmission of social inequality across generations. This study aims to investigate the effect of internal migration on occupational status in Italy, exploring whether men and women experience a benefit or disadvantage from South-to-North migration, and if this effect is influenced by famil…
Influences of origin and destination on migrant fertility in Europe
The current study examines the quantum of childbearing of migrants from low‐fertility contexts (Poland and Romania) at multiple destinations (Italy and the United Kingdom), and compares them to stayers at origin and to nonmigrants at destination, combining the multiorigin/multidestination approach with the ‘context‐of‐origin’ perspective. Using data from the Labour Force Surveys (2009–2015) and adopting a gender and a couple perspective, we show …
The ethnic wage penalty in Western European regions: Is the European integration model confirmed when differences within countries are considered
The European model of integration of recent immigrants is characterised by a trade-off between employment and job quality, which takes different forms in Southern and Continental Europe. In Mediterranean countries, migrants have similar employment opportun
Social origin and compensation patterns over the occupational career in Italy
This paper studies dynamically the direct effect of social origin on occupational destinations among men in Italy over the career. It aims at investigating the existence, the pattern over time and the heterogeneity of differences in occupational achievement related to social origins, net of education (DESO) and occupational allocation at first job. It also analyses if the change of the DESO over the career is related to the effect of specific job…
The fertility of male immigrants: A comparative study on six Western European countries
Migration has a huge demographic impact on European societies, especially when migrant populations have different levels and patterns of fertility, union formation and mortality, contributing to population size and composition. Nevertheless, comparative studies focusing on the association between migration and fertility, and how it evolves during the migration process, are still scarce. This work analyses the fertility of male migrants in six Eur…
Does education affect the timing or probability of family formation
Ethnic Wage Penalty and Human Capital Transferability: A Comparative Study of Recent Migrants in 11 European Countries
This article examines the ethnic wage penalty among migrants in 11 Western European countries. It aims to extend the literature on the models of migrant occupational inclusion in European labor markets by studying the wage gap and to disentangle whether the gross wage penalty experienced by foreign-born residents can be explained by human capital-related factors and/or by migrants’ occupational segregation. Estimating probit models with sample se…
Social origin and compensation patterns over the occupational career in Italy
This paper studies dynamically the direct effect of social origin on occupational destinations among men in Italy over the career. It aims at investigating the existence, the pattern over time and the heterogeneity of differences in occupational achievement related to social origins, net of education (DESO) and occupational allocation at first job. It also analyses if the change of the DESO over the career is related to the effect of specific job…
Influences of origin and destination on migrant fertility in Europe
The current study examines the quantum of childbearing of migrants from low‐fertility contexts (Poland and Romania) at multiple destinations (Italy and the United Kingdom), and compares them to stayers at origin and to nonmigrants at destination, combining the multiorigin/multidestination approach with the ‘context‐of‐origin’ perspective. Using data from the Labour Force Surveys (2009–2015) and adopting a gender and a couple perspective, we show …
The fertility of male immigrants: A comparative study on six Western European countries
Migration has a huge demographic impact on European societies, especially when migrant populations have different levels and patterns of fertility, union formation and mortality, contributing to population size and composition. Nevertheless, comparative studies focusing on the association between migration and fertility, and how it evolves during the migration process, are still scarce. This work analyses the fertility of male migrants in six Eur…
Does education affect the timing or probability of family formation
Navigating employment and overeducation: Comparative study of immigrant experiences in 17 Western European nations
The labor market integration of migrants, focusing on employment and job quality, differs notably across Southern and Continental-Northern European nations, often involving trade-offs. Nonetheless, little is known about whether these diverse migrant inclusion models in European labor markets extend to the combination of employment and overeducation. Additionally, the role of gender in this context remains unclear. While overeducation is more prev…
Cohabitation and Marriage Formation in Times of Fertility Decline: The Case of Sweden in the Twenty-First Century
Developments over time in the prevalence of marriage and cohabitation formation has long received much interest, but less is known about more recent developments for different population subgroups in European countries. This applies as well to Sweden, a country considered a forerunner in family-demographic change. In contrast, much attention has been paid to the falling birth rates during the 2010s, and explanations that focus on the role of incr…
Is Geographical Mobility Beneficial? The Impact of the South-to-North Internal Migration on Occupational Achievement in Italy
Geographical mobility plays a crucial role in shaping demographic and social change, yet few studies have examined its impact on occupational success and the transmission of social inequality across generations. This study aims to investigate the effect of internal migration on occupational status in Italy, exploring whether men and women experience a benefit or disadvantage from South-to-North migration, and if this effect is influenced by famil…
Social origin and women’s occupational careers. The role of parenthood in shaping social inequality among Italian women
This paper studies in longitudinal perspective the direct effect of social origin (DESO) on the careers of women in Italy, focusing on the role of motherhood in shaping the DESO and its pattern over the life course. Career outcomes are seen in terms of employment interruptions and of occupational status. First, the paper analyzes when the DESO appears, and how it evolves over the occupational career and the life course. Second, it investigates wh…
The ethnic wage penalty in Western European regions: Is the European integration model confirmed when differences within countries are considered
The European model of integration of recent immigrants is characterised by a trade-off between employment and job quality, which takes different forms in Southern and Continental Europe. In Mediterranean countries, migrants have similar employment opportun
Does education affect the timing or probability of family formation
The fertility of male immigrants: A comparative study on six Western European countries
Migration has a huge demographic impact on European societies, especially when migrant populations have different levels and patterns of fertility, union formation and mortality, contributing to population size and composition. Nevertheless, comparative studies focusing on the association between migration and fertility, and how it evolves during the migration process, are still scarce. This work analyses the fertility of male migrants in six Eur…
Social origin and compensation patterns over the occupational career in Italy
This paper studies dynamically the direct effect of social origin on occupational destinations among men in Italy over the career. It aims at investigating the existence, the pattern over time and the heterogeneity of differences in occupational achievement related to social origins, net of education (DESO) and occupational allocation at first job. It also analyses if the change of the DESO over the career is related to the effect of specific job…
Influences of origin and destination on migrant fertility in Europe
The current study examines the quantum of childbearing of migrants from low‐fertility contexts (Poland and Romania) at multiple destinations (Italy and the United Kingdom), and compares them to stayers at origin and to nonmigrants at destination, combining the multiorigin/multidestination approach with the ‘context‐of‐origin’ perspective. Using data from the Labour Force Surveys (2009–2015) and adopting a gender and a couple perspective, we show …
The ethnic wage penalty in Western European regions: Is the European integration model confirmed when differences within countries are considered
The European model of integration of recent immigrants is characterised by a trade-off between employment and job quality, which takes different forms in Southern and Continental Europe. In Mediterranean countries, migrants have similar employment opportun
Trade off tra occupazione e qualità del lavoro. Uno studio sui principali gruppi di immigrati in Italia
Social origin and women’s occupational careers. The role of parenthood in shaping social inequality among Italian women
This paper studies in longitudinal perspective the direct effect of social origin (DESO) on the careers of women in Italy, focusing on the role of motherhood in shaping the DESO and its pattern over the life course. Career outcomes are seen in terms of employment interruptions and of occupational status. First, the paper analyzes when the DESO appears, and how it evolves over the occupational career and the life course. Second, it investigates wh…
Ethnic Wage Penalty and Human Capital Transferability: A Comparative Study of Recent Migrants in 11 European Countries
This article examines the ethnic wage penalty among migrants in 11 Western European countries. It aims to extend the literature on the models of migrant occupational inclusion in European labor markets by studying the wage gap and to disentangle whether the gross wage penalty experienced by foreign-born residents can be explained by human capital-related factors and/or by migrants’ occupational segregation. Estimating probit models with sample se…
Is Geographical Mobility Beneficial? The Impact of the South-to-North Internal Migration on Occupational Achievement in Italy
Geographical mobility plays a crucial role in shaping demographic and social change, yet few studies have examined its impact on occupational success and the transmission of social inequality across generations. This study aims to investigate the effect of internal migration on occupational status in Italy, exploring whether men and women experience a benefit or disadvantage from South-to-North migration, and if this effect is influenced by famil…
Cohabitation and Marriage Formation in Times of Fertility Decline: The Case of Sweden in the Twenty-First Century
Developments over time in the prevalence of marriage and cohabitation formation has long received much interest, but less is known about more recent developments for different population subgroups in European countries. This applies as well to Sweden, a country considered a forerunner in family-demographic change. In contrast, much attention has been paid to the falling birth rates during the 2010s, and explanations that focus on the role of incr…
Multiple Origins and Multiple Destinations: The Fertility of Immigrant Women in Europe
Studies on immigrant fertility typically compare immigrants and natives or different migrant groups at the same destination but rarely immigrants of the same origins in different destination countries. In this paper, we look at immigrants from multiple origins in multiple destination countries simultaneously, using the European Union Labour Force Survey to compare female immigrants from ten areas of origin in eight destination countries in Europe…
Regional Disparities, Geographical Marginality, and Educational Pathways: A Study on Upper Secondary Education in Italy
This study examines the role of geographical location for educational outcomes in Italy, analysing variations between “central” and “marginal” areas in high school enrolment, dropout rates, and academic track placement. Drawing on data from the Italian Labour Force Survey (2005–2014) and INVALSI (2017–2018 and 2018–2019), the findings indicate that geographical marginality is only moderately associated with educational outcomes, especially in com…
Navigating employment and overeducation: Comparative study of immigrant experiences in 17 Western European nations
The labor market integration of migrants, focusing on employment and job quality, differs notably across Southern and Continental-Northern European nations, often involving trade-offs. Nonetheless, little is known about whether these diverse migrant inclusion models in European labor markets extend to the combination of employment and overeducation. Additionally, the role of gender in this context remains unclear. While overeducation is more prev…
The PhD Premium: Diverging Occupational Returns to the PhD Credential in 20 European Countries
In recent years, the number of PhD titles awarded has increased globally, as it did in most countries. What is the relationship between such expansion and the occupational condition of PhDs? Is there a PhD premium, that is an occupational advantage of PhD holders with respect to college graduates? In this paper, we provide empirical evidence for 20 European countries by estimating two-step models on European Labor Force Survey data (2009–2020). O…
Unequal Penalties: The Relative Weight of Gender and Ethnic Disadvantage in Migrant Women's Labor Market Integration Across Western Europe
Recent research has highlighted the distinct position of migrant women in host labor markets, showing they face a “double disadvantage” due to the intersection of gender and migrant status. However, evidence remains limited on the relative weight of these two sources of disadvantage and how they vary across origins and destinations. This research note examines the labor market outcomes of migrant women in Western Europe, asking whether they face …
Do migrants fare better than non-movers? A quasi-experimental comparison of Poles and Romanians in Italy and the UK
Most studies on immigrant integration compare migrants to natives, overlooking whether migration improves outcomes relative to staying in the origin country. This study adopts a single-origin–multiple-destination design to evaluate whether Polish and Romanian migrants in Italy and the UK gain employment and occupational advantages over their non-migrant peers. Using harmonised Labour Force Survey data and Coarsened Exact Matching, the analysis es…
Demographic economics (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works)