On Il Corriere della Sera today a letter from Pietro Ichino, already interviewed by Hema Mali in 2008 (read article), that suggests to relate the need for Italy to change the current retirement system for women – making the system equal for both men and women, as officially requested by the European Commission – to a Differentiated Taxation per Gender.
Read the article (in Italian)
In the past few days, probably thanks to the Women’s International Day (as if the issue was relevant only on march 8), many articles have tackled the issue of women at work, be it referred to the benefit of a more diverse top management, to the concrete opportunities for women in Italy or to the gender pay gap.
The Financial Times, has published an article by Michel Ferrary, CERAM‘s Professor, “Why women managers shine in a downturn” that presents the results of an interesting research conducted on companies from the French CAC 40 that correlates the number of women in the company’s management and the share price performance in 2008.
The European Commission has launched an EU-wide campaign to help tackle the gender pay gap, please find some interesting reports on the topic, plus our President Mirella Visser as part of the “EU network of women in decision-making”.
Il Corriere della Sera has also published a series of articles on women in powerful positions and the Italian path to success. If you wish to read the articles, clik on the links below (articles in Italian).
“Donne e manager? Più facile nelle multinazionali d’Italia”
