Vittorio Valli Department of Economics, Turin University   ,   vittorio.valli@unito.it     Biographical Sketch: Professor of Economic Policy, University of Turin. He has extensively published on issues of comparative economic growth, economic development, labour economics and economic policy. Recents books: " L'Europa e l'economia mondiale" (Europe and the world economy), Carocci, Roma, 2002, "Politica economica. Introduzione all'economia dello sviluppo", Carocci, Roma, 2005. He is co-editor of EJCE (the European Journal of Comparative economics). He is now doing research on the Chinese and Indian economies   Primary Research Focus: Comparative economic growth and development, Labour economics, Economic policy   JEL Areas: P0 : Economic Systems: General