Graduates in economics and educational mismatch: the case study of the University of Naples ‘Parthenope’Footnote¹

1. This work is coordinated by C. Quintano and it is the result of the common work of the authors. R. Castellano is the author of Sections ‘Introduction’, ‘Overview of the labour market for Italian graduates’ and ‘Data’, and A. D'Agostino is the author of sections ‘Definition of variables and methodology’, ‘Empirical results’ and ‘Final discussion and conclusion’.

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