A Full Professor of economic policy at the University of Salerno, Faculty of "Scienze Politiche". He is member of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES) (www.acesecon.org). - First degree: University of Naples Federico II; - PhD in Development Economics, University of Naples Federico II; - Research activity: Departement d’economie Appliquee–Economie du Travail et de l’Emploi (DULBEA-ETE) de l’Universitè Libre de Bruxelles (Bruxelles, BE, 19/09/99-30/06/2000). - Main research interests: efficiency wages and dual economies; economics of migration; working hours; capital operating time.