Work Histories Italian Panel
The Work Histories Italian Panel (WHIP) is a database of individual work histories derived from the Italian social security administration (INPS) database. WHIP is created by LABORatorio Revelli and the Università di Torino.
The reference population is made up of Italians and non-Italians. A large representative sample is extracted from this population. The 3.2 version of WHIP was released in June 2010.
The main episodes of subjects' working lives are observed: private employee contracts, atypical contracts, self-employment activities, unemployment and retirement.
Workers not included in WHIP are public employees and self-employed (eg. lawyers and notaries) who have independent security coverage. The WHIP section covering employee contracts is an employer-employee linked database. In addition to data about contracts, data on the firm in which subjects are employed are also available.
The 3.2 version of WHIP was released in June 2010.
A research note accompanying the release is available at this link . See below for special access procedures. The following WHIP standard files are also available:
Job spells and jobs yearly (1985-1999)
Self-employed (1996-2004)
Pensions (2007)
Self employed (2007)
Earnings (2000-2004), (2007)
Individual file (2007)
Benefits (2007)
Further information in English is on this WHIP page .
Further information in Italian is available on this WHIP page .
Users can subscribe to the WHIP News e-bulletin on the LABORatorio Riccardo Revelli site under 'subscribe WHIP news'.
Users may access the Standard File version of WHIP by registering on the LABORatorio Revelli site .
Access to the Full Version of WHIP is only possible via one of the dedicated computer work-stations at the Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto (Moncalieri). To arrange a data session, write to the secretary of the Fondazione at whip@laboratoriorevelli.it .
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