is an economic sociologist. She has an MA Degree in Political Science at the University of Padua with a thesis in Sociology of Work, on the analysis of homework and the condition of women in an Italian small-scale manufacturing area; and PhD in Labor Studies at the University of Milan. She is research fellow at Ca Foscari University of Venice, after teaching Sociology of Work, and Gender and Work, at the University of Padua.
In the system of gender relations, the role played by women in augmenting the productivity of the workforce has been and still remains absolutely functional to economic growth.
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