The Italian Labor Market : Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options /

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-cou...

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Auteur principal: Schindler, Martin
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/047
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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