Prof. Paola Villa Dipartimento di Economia UniversitàdegliStudi di Trento Via Inama 5 - 38100 Trento ITALY Tel: +39.0461.882202 [email protected] Paola Villa is a labour economist, full professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Trento, and a member of the coordinating team for the European Commission's Expert Group on Gender and Employment (EGGE). She is the author of numerous studies on labour economics withparticular reference to internal labour markets; the wage structure;the role of small firms; labour market regulations and deregulations;gender in the labour market; fertility; labour force participation andunemployment. She is an expert of gender studies and equalopportunities policies in a comparative perspective. She has anextensive record of experience advising the European Commission in thefield of gender equality and gender mainstreaming