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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464017603321

Autore

Schindler Martin <1971->

Titolo

The Italian labor market [[electronic resource] ] : recent trends, institutions, and reform options / / prepared by Martin Schindler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009

ISBN

1-4623-5477-7

1-4527-3494-1

9786612842696

1-4518-7195-3

1-282-84269-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/47

Soggetti

Labor market - Italy

Labor - Italy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Recent Developments; Figures; 1. Recent Labor Market Trends in Italy; 2. Italy's Labor Market Outcomes in Cross-Country Comparison, 2007; III. Regulatory Framework; 3. Earnings, Productivity and Competitiveness; Boxes; 1. Key Reforms of the Italian Labor Market; IV. Directions for Reform; 4. Employment Protection and Product Market Regulation, 2003; 5. Employment versus Key Product and Labor Market Regulations, 2003; 2. Product Market Regulations and the Labor Market; A. Lessons from Case Studies; 3. Experiences of Successful Labor Market Reformers

Sommario/riassunto

Despite improvements in labor market performance over the past decade, owing in part to past reforms, Italy's employment and productivity outcomes continue to lag behind those of its European peers. This paper reviews Italy's institutional landscape and labor market trends from a cross-country perspective, and discusses possible avenues for further reform. The policy discussion draws on international reform experience and on simulations based on a calibrated labor market matching model. A key lesson is that the details



of reform design, and the sequencing of reforms, matter greatly for labor m