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Informal Network, Spatial Mobility and Overeducation in the Italian Labour Market

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  • Valentina Meliciani

    (University of Teramo)

  • Debora Radicchia

    (Institute for the Development of Vocational Training of Workers and Social)

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  • Valentina Meliciani & Debora Radicchia, 2014. "Informal Network, Spatial Mobility and Overeducation in the Italian Labour Market," Working Papers 19, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research, revised Nov 2014.
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