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  "title": "Labor Market Institutions and Flexibility in Italy: A Critical Evaluation and Some International Comparisons",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, March 1, 1994",
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  "summary": "The paper surveys three broad categories of labor market institutions in Italy: employment protection legislation, unemployment benefit systems, and wage bargaining arrangements.",
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      "content": "- The paper surveys three broad categories of labor market institutions in Italy: employment protection legislation, unemployment benefit systems, and wage bargaining arrangements.\n- For each category, the paper evaluates the recent evolution and current state of Italian institutions and compares them with those in other major European countries.\n- Published as an IMF Working Paper by Dimitri G Demekas on March 1, 1994."
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      "content": "- Employment protection legislation\n  - Surveys the structure and evolution of employment protection legislation in Italy.\n  - Compares Italian employment protection legislation with that of other major European countries.\n- Unemployment benefit systems\n  - Reviews the design and functioning of unemployment benefit systems in Italy.\n  - Assesses how Italian unemployment benefits compare internationally.\n- Wage bargaining arrangements\n  - Examines wage bargaining arrangements in Italy, including wage determination processes and indexation systems.\n  - Compares wage bargaining and outcomes (including wage dispersion, wage drift, and minimum wage aspects) with other major European countries."
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      "content": "- Pages: 54\n- Volume: 1994\n- Issue: 030\n- Series: Working Paper No. 1994/030\n- Stock No: WPIEA0301994\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451844870.001\n- ISBN: 9781451844870\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Author: Dimitri G Demekas\n- Publication date: March 1, 1994\n- Citation example included on the source page: Dimitri G Demekas. \"Labor Market Institutions and Flexibility in Italy: A Critical Evaluation and Some International Comparisons\", IMF Working Papers 1994, 030 (1994), accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451844870.001"
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      "content": "- Subject: Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Wages\n- Keywords: bargain wage, determination process, Employment, employment agency, Europe, indexation system, labor market institution, Labor markets, labour market, minimum wage, severance pay, temporary employment, Unemployment, wage dispersion, wage drift, wage indexation system, Wages, WP\n\nIMF Working Paper (Working Paper No. 1994/030) — Dimitri G Demekas\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/labor-market-institutions-and-flexibility-in-italy-a-critical-evaluation-and-some-1241"
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    "Author: Dimitri G Demekas",
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    "Subject: Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Wages",
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