Giuliana Parodi (Ph.D. York 1985) is professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, Pescara Chieti, Italy. Her research interests include the economics of disability, labour economics and the economics of e-learning.  She was local coordinator of the WEB-ECON project, cofinanced by the European Commission, coordinated by the University of Trier, Germany, 2000-2002. She has co-organized several Conferences on the Economics of Disability. She has acted as referee for Applied Economics. She is a member of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro).Sciulli Dario (Ph.D. Università di Roma Tor Vergata 2006) is assistant professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Visiting positions at the Universidad Carlos III Madrid, University of York and VU University Amsterdam. His research interests include labour economics (unemployment, wage discrimination, labour market of the disadvantaged groups, school-to-work transitions), early life events and later outcomes, economics of disability and policy evaluation. He is a member of the executive committee (2010-2013) of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro)

• The structural and long term causes of social exclusion .- Groups structurally vulnerable to social exclusion .- Economic crisis, labour markets and social exclusion.

Giuliana Parodi (Ph.D. York 1985) is professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, Pescara Chieti, Italy. Her research interests include the economics of disability, labour economics and the economics of e-learning.  She was local coordinator of the WEB-ECON project, cofinanced by the European Commission, coordinated by the University of Trier, Germany, 2000-2002. She has co-organized several Conferences on the Economics of Disability. She has acted as referee for Applied Economics. She is a member of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro).Sciulli Dario (Ph.D. Università di Roma Tor Vergata 2006) is assistant professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Visiting positions at the Universidad Carlos III Madrid, University of York and VU University Amsterdam. His research interests include labour economics (unemployment, wage discrimination, labour market of the disadvantaged groups, school-to-work transitions), early life events and later outcomes, economics of disability and policy evaluation. He is a member of the executive committee (2010-2013) of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro)

• The structural and long term causes of social exclusion .- Groups structurally vulnerable to social exclusion .- Economic crisis, labour markets and social exclusion.

Giuliana Parodi (Ph.D. York 1985) is professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, Pescara Chieti, Italy. Her research interests include the economics of disability, labour economics and the economics of e-learning.  She was local coordinator of the WEB-ECON project, cofinanced by the European Commission, coordinated by the University of Trier, Germany, 2000-2002. She has co-organized several Conferences on the Economics of Disability. She has acted as referee for Applied Economics. She is a member of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro).Sciulli Dario (Ph.D. Università di Roma Tor Vergata 2006) is assistant professor of economic policy at the Faculty of Managerial Sciences, Università d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Visiting positions at the Universidad Carlos III Madrid, University of York and VU University Amsterdam. His research interests include labour economics (unemployment, wage discrimination, labour market of the disadvantaged groups, school-to-work transitions), early life events and later outcomes, economics of disability and policy evaluation. He is a member of the executive committee (2010-2013) of AIEL (Associazione Italiana degli Economisti del Lavoro)

• The structural and long term causes of social exclusion .- Groups structurally vulnerable to social exclusion .- Economic crisis, labour markets and social exclusion.