When Austerity Means Inequality: The Case of the Italian University Compensation System in the Period 2010-2020

Autor/inn/en	Civera, Alice; Meoli, Michele; Paleari, Stefano
Titel	When Austerity Means Inequality: The Case of the Italian University Compensation System in the Period 2010-2020
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 5, S.926-937 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Civera, Alice)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2021.1896800
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Higher Education; Teaching Conditions; Educational Finance; Cost Effectiveness; Teacher Salaries; College Faculty; Educational Policy; Age Differences; Career Choice; Teacher Competencies; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Bildungsfonds; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Fakultät; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Lehrkunst; Italien
Abstract	The Gelmini reform implemented in Italy in 2010 was designed to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness within the higher education (HE) sector. The reform was implemented in a climate of general austerity, which caused severe cuts in public funds for the university system. This paper documents the unintended consequences of the reform in terms of a dramatic reduction in the number of job positions, career speed, and remunerations for academic staff -- which we describe as the 3Ls, i.e. Less staff, Later careers, Lower salaries. While the loss of wages cumulated is approximately equal to the average mortgage value for buying a house, the cost savings of the government are negligible, especially when compared to the adverse effects generated by the austerity reform. The profound inequality in the application, at the expense of younger and qualified faculties, mostly women, may lead to a long-lasting and irreversible consequences such as a loss of qualification and competitiveness for the whole HE system, as shown by the increasing phenomenon of brain drain. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01