Italy's aggregate productivity abruptly stopped growing in the mid-1990s. This stop
represents a puzzle, as it occurred at a time of stable macroeconomic conditions. In this …

New digital technologies are shaping the transformation of production activities. This
process of change is characterised by growing digitization, inter-connectivity and …

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 …

This article analyses the “Jobs Act”—the last structural reform implemented in Italy—framing
it within the labour market reform process starting in 1997. Taking advantage of different …

What has been the dynamics of productivity in the Italian business firms in the aftermath of
the crisis? And what has been the impact of training efforts upon such dynamics? In this …

New enabling technologies are shaping the transformation of production activities. This
process of change is characterised by growing digitization, inter-connectivity and …

Law 183 of 2014, evocatively named the" Jobs Act", has determined a deep change in the
Italian industrial relations. Bringing at completion a reform process begun in the 1990s, the …

Since the second half of 2011, after a period of prolonged low growth, Italy has found itself at
the center of a severe economic crisis. Concerns about the sustainability of its debt burden …

In Italy, price-based competitiveness measures are not always an accurate predictor of trade
outcomes. This paper offers a more comprehensive assessment of Italian competitiveness …

The analysis of a country's competitiveness is of great interest to policy makers. Measuring
the competitiveness of a country generally requires an assessment of the overall dynamism …