Maurizio Avola
Biographic Data
| ID | 359839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurizio Avola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurizio |
| FAMILY NAME | Avola |
| SIGNATURE | AVOLA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Catania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0534-6110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
International student mobility, occupational outcomes, and the reproduction of social and geographical inequalities
This article investigates the occupational returns of the so-called international student mobility (ISM). Using data from a national survey on a representative sample of graduates from all Italian universities, we try to verify if participation in such programs enhances the probability of being employed and the work income level in the first stage of labour market insertion after graduation. Considering the selection into ISM, we apply the propen…
The migrant-native ‘equilibrium’ in Western European labour markets: A long-term analysis
Rowing against decline: Regional Innovation Systems and Marginality in the Era of Digital Transition
Digitalization is crucial for local development, and post-Covid European policies are driving this transformation to boost the continent’s development. Despite significant national investment plans, not all regional areas are ready for digital transition, risking further developmental gaps. This article analyses the Regional Innovation System (RIS) in Sicily, Italy, as a case study. The aim is to assess regional readiness and adaptability during …
Social origin, geographical inequalities and international student mobility: The Italian case
Purpose This article aims to apply the theoretical framework of Inequality of Educational Opportunities (IEO) to the participation in international mobility programmes such as Erasmus (International Credit Mobility – ICM) of Italian university students. In particular, we aim to verify if the probability of experiencing ICM is associated with the students’ social class of origin, on one side, and with certain geographical dimensions of inequality …
Migration, social stratification, and labor market attainment: An analysis of the ethnic penalty in 12 Western European countries
This article presents a comprehensive investigation into the socioeconomic integration of migrants across 12 Western European countries, considering their likelihood of employment and socioeconomic status. Using the data from the European Social Survey, the study employs linear regression and probit models to achieve two aims: (a) to quantify the penalty for male and female migrants in terms of employment and socioeconomic status attainment; (b) …
Migrazioni e disuguaglianze sociali nel mercato del lavoro italiano
This article introduces the special issue of Sociologia del lavoro on Labour migrations, inequalities and regulation from the Great Recession to the pandemic crisis. After explaining the role that Italy and Italian scholars have played in recent decades in the development of literature on labour migrations, the authors explore the reasons justifying a special issue dedicated to this topic, focusing on the Italian case. In particular, three reason…
Migrant and Satisfied? The Ethnic Gap in Job Satisfaction in the Italian Labor Market
Job satisfaction is a desirable outcome both at the organizational and at the individual level. Anyway, little is known about the gap between natives’ and migrants’ job satisfaction, which represents a critical issue in the light of the increasing presence of foreigner workers in the Western labor markets. In order to shed light on this issue, we estimate a number of OLS models to quantify sex-specific natives’ and migrants’ job satisfaction, by …
Migrant penalty in the European labor markets: The interplay between individual characteristics and the regional context
This study aims to verify if and how migrant penalty in the labor market is associated with sub-national characteristics, exploring the relevance of the regional occupational structure. We expect that a greater relevance of the share of low-status jobs at the regional level reduces the migrant penalty in terms of the probability of being employed, but increases the gap with natives in terms of job quality. We investigate this trade-off by estimat…
Employed but segregated: The exploitation of immigrant work in Mediterranean agriculture
Occupational insertion in the agriculture represents one of the main specificities of the Mediterranean model of immigration. Even in contexts characterized by high levels of unemployment, immigrants find growing job opportunities in agriculture, replacing a native labour force increasingly educated and with growing expectations of social mobility that avoid the particularly demanding and socially penalizing jobs in this sector. However, the pric…
Migration, Class Attainment and Social Mobility: An Analysis of Migrants' Socio-Economic Integration in Italy
This article focuses on the socio-economic integration of ethnic minorities in Italy, combining the literature on migration with research on social stratification. We analyse the ethnic penalty on occupational attainment and career mobility, integrating the origin-education-destination theoretical framework with the migration status. Since ethnic penalty is an 'umbrella concept', we also quantify the extent to which it is mediated by differences …
Ethnic penalty and occupational mobility in the Italian labour market
The article examines the occupational mobility of immigrants in Italy in a double perspective. First, this work compares immigrants and natives in order to understand whether, and to what extent, in a country characterized overall by low social mobility, natives and migrants have the same chances for improving their social position, or the latter are disadvantaged on an ethnic basis that affects their career (research question 1). Then, the artic…
Call centres and job satisfaction in Italy: Employment Conditions and Socio-Biographical Patterns
The article examines job satisfaction in 21 Italian call centres. The results of research carried out on 1715 handlers indicate how dissatisfaction prevails among call centre representatives (CCRs) and how it is influenced by aspects related to some organisational characteristics (service delivered, size and organisational typology), on one side, and to different aspects of working conditions (contract, wage and tenure) and participants’ biograph…
The Ethnic Penalty in the Italian Labour Market: A Comparison between the Centre-North and South
Analysis of the institutional characteristics and structure of host societies and the labour market has become increasingly important to explain the processes of immigrant integration. From this viewpoint, Italy would appear an optimal case study. Economic and employment imbalances between the Centre-North and the South have represented the background in which the immigrant labour market integration in terms of employment opportunities, distribut…
Migration, Class Attainment and Social Mobility: An Analysis of Migrants' Socio-Economic Integration in Italy
This article focuses on the socio-economic integration of ethnic minorities in Italy, combining the literature on migration with research on social stratification. We analyse the ethnic penalty on occupational attainment and career mobility, integrating the origin-education-destination theoretical framework with the migration status. Since ethnic penalty is an 'umbrella concept', we also quantify the extent to which it is mediated by differences …
Ethnic penalty and occupational mobility in the Italian labour market
The article examines the occupational mobility of immigrants in Italy in a double perspective. First, this work compares immigrants and natives in order to understand whether, and to what extent, in a country characterized overall by low social mobility, natives and migrants have the same chances for improving their social position, or the latter are disadvantaged on an ethnic basis that affects their career (research question 1). Then, the artic…
The Ethnic Penalty in the Italian Labour Market: A Comparison between the Centre-North and South
Analysis of the institutional characteristics and structure of host societies and the labour market has become increasingly important to explain the processes of immigrant integration. From this viewpoint, Italy would appear an optimal case study. Economic and employment imbalances between the Centre-North and the South have represented the background in which the immigrant labour market integration in terms of employment opportunities, distribut…
Employed but segregated: The exploitation of immigrant work in Mediterranean agriculture
Occupational insertion in the agriculture represents one of the main specificities of the Mediterranean model of immigration. Even in contexts characterized by high levels of unemployment, immigrants find growing job opportunities in agriculture, replacing a native labour force increasingly educated and with growing expectations of social mobility that avoid the particularly demanding and socially penalizing jobs in this sector. However, the pric…
Migration, social stratification, and labor market attainment: An analysis of the ethnic penalty in 12 Western European countries
This article presents a comprehensive investigation into the socioeconomic integration of migrants across 12 Western European countries, considering their likelihood of employment and socioeconomic status. Using the data from the European Social Survey, the study employs linear regression and probit models to achieve two aims: (a) to quantify the penalty for male and female migrants in terms of employment and socioeconomic status attainment; (b) …
Migrant penalty in the European labor markets: The interplay between individual characteristics and the regional context
This study aims to verify if and how migrant penalty in the labor market is associated with sub-national characteristics, exploring the relevance of the regional occupational structure. We expect that a greater relevance of the share of low-status jobs at the regional level reduces the migrant penalty in terms of the probability of being employed, but increases the gap with natives in terms of job quality. We investigate this trade-off by estimat…
The Ethnic Penalty in the Italian Labour Market: A Comparison between the Centre-North and South
Analysis of the institutional characteristics and structure of host societies and the labour market has become increasingly important to explain the processes of immigrant integration. From this viewpoint, Italy would appear an optimal case study. Economic and employment imbalances between the Centre-North and the South have represented the background in which the immigrant labour market integration in terms of employment opportunities, distribut…
Ethnic penalty and occupational mobility in the Italian labour market
The article examines the occupational mobility of immigrants in Italy in a double perspective. First, this work compares immigrants and natives in order to understand whether, and to what extent, in a country characterized overall by low social mobility, natives and migrants have the same chances for improving their social position, or the latter are disadvantaged on an ethnic basis that affects their career (research question 1). Then, the artic…
Call centres and job satisfaction in Italy: Employment Conditions and Socio-Biographical Patterns
The article examines job satisfaction in 21 Italian call centres. The results of research carried out on 1715 handlers indicate how dissatisfaction prevails among call centre representatives (CCRs) and how it is influenced by aspects related to some organisational characteristics (service delivered, size and organisational typology), on one side, and to different aspects of working conditions (contract, wage and tenure) and participants’ biograph…
Migration, Class Attainment and Social Mobility: An Analysis of Migrants' Socio-Economic Integration in Italy
This article focuses on the socio-economic integration of ethnic minorities in Italy, combining the literature on migration with research on social stratification. We analyse the ethnic penalty on occupational attainment and career mobility, integrating the origin-education-destination theoretical framework with the migration status. Since ethnic penalty is an 'umbrella concept', we also quantify the extent to which it is mediated by differences …
Employed but segregated: The exploitation of immigrant work in Mediterranean agriculture
Occupational insertion in the agriculture represents one of the main specificities of the Mediterranean model of immigration. Even in contexts characterized by high levels of unemployment, immigrants find growing job opportunities in agriculture, replacing a native labour force increasingly educated and with growing expectations of social mobility that avoid the particularly demanding and socially penalizing jobs in this sector. However, the pric…
Migrazioni e disuguaglianze sociali nel mercato del lavoro italiano
This article introduces the special issue of Sociologia del lavoro on Labour migrations, inequalities and regulation from the Great Recession to the pandemic crisis. After explaining the role that Italy and Italian scholars have played in recent decades in the development of literature on labour migrations, the authors explore the reasons justifying a special issue dedicated to this topic, focusing on the Italian case. In particular, three reason…
Migrant and Satisfied? The Ethnic Gap in Job Satisfaction in the Italian Labor Market
Job satisfaction is a desirable outcome both at the organizational and at the individual level. Anyway, little is known about the gap between natives’ and migrants’ job satisfaction, which represents a critical issue in the light of the increasing presence of foreigner workers in the Western labor markets. In order to shed light on this issue, we estimate a number of OLS models to quantify sex-specific natives’ and migrants’ job satisfaction, by …
Migrant penalty in the European labor markets: The interplay between individual characteristics and the regional context
This study aims to verify if and how migrant penalty in the labor market is associated with sub-national characteristics, exploring the relevance of the regional occupational structure. We expect that a greater relevance of the share of low-status jobs at the regional level reduces the migrant penalty in terms of the probability of being employed, but increases the gap with natives in terms of job quality. We investigate this trade-off by estimat…
Migration, social stratification, and labor market attainment: An analysis of the ethnic penalty in 12 Western European countries
This article presents a comprehensive investigation into the socioeconomic integration of migrants across 12 Western European countries, considering their likelihood of employment and socioeconomic status. Using the data from the European Social Survey, the study employs linear regression and probit models to achieve two aims: (a) to quantify the penalty for male and female migrants in terms of employment and socioeconomic status attainment; (b) …
Rowing against decline: Regional Innovation Systems and Marginality in the Era of Digital Transition
Digitalization is crucial for local development, and post-Covid European policies are driving this transformation to boost the continent’s development. Despite significant national investment plans, not all regional areas are ready for digital transition, risking further developmental gaps. This article analyses the Regional Innovation System (RIS) in Sicily, Italy, as a case study. The aim is to assess regional readiness and adaptability during …
Social origin, geographical inequalities and international student mobility: The Italian case
Purpose This article aims to apply the theoretical framework of Inequality of Educational Opportunities (IEO) to the participation in international mobility programmes such as Erasmus (International Credit Mobility – ICM) of Italian university students. In particular, we aim to verify if the probability of experiencing ICM is associated with the students’ social class of origin, on one side, and with certain geographical dimensions of inequality …
International student mobility, occupational outcomes, and the reproduction of social and geographical inequalities
This article investigates the occupational returns of the so-called international student mobility (ISM). Using data from a national survey on a representative sample of graduates from all Italian universities, we try to verify if participation in such programs enhances the probability of being employed and the work income level in the first stage of labour market insertion after graduation. Considering the selection into ISM, we apply the propen…
The migrant-native ‘equilibrium’ in Western European labour markets: A long-term analysis
Political science (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 works) · Geography (6 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (6 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Labour economics (5 works)