Labor Market Institutions and Flexibility in Italy: A Critical Evaluation and Some International Comparisons

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. In each case, the recent evolution and current state of Italian institutions are evaluated and compared with those in other major European countries.

Subject: Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Wages

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

Pages:
54
Volume:
1994
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451844870.001
Issue:
030
Series:
Working Paper No. 1994/030
Stock No:
WPIEA0301994
ISBN:
9781451844870
ISSN:
1018-5941

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