2008: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Education and Training in Europe”
2001: JEL (Japan Institute of Labour) Prize for the best book on the Japanese labour market, year 2000, for the book “Internal Labour Markets in Japan”
2001: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Internal Labour Markets in Japan”
Visiting Fellowship, Collegio Carlo Alberto Turin, Falls 2006
Visiting Fellowship, LUISS School of European Political Economy, May 2017
Certificate of Excellence, 2014, Labour Economics