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Labour market transitions in Italy: Job separation, re-employment and policy implications

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  • Yosuke Jin

    (OECD)

  • Ryotaro Fukahori

    (Kanazawa Gakuin University)

  • Hermes Morgavi

    (OECD)

Abstract

Italy’s low employment rate is associated with adverse labour market dynamics characterised differently across different categories of people. Both job separation and re-employment have remained less frequent in Italy, especially among older workers, against the backdrop of rigid employment protection legislation which weighs down job creation, thus re-employment prospects. Working conditions after re-employment tend to worsen, especially for older workers, as seniority is not entirely portable across firms. Prospects on working conditions after re-employment deteriorate with longer unemployment spells, affecting incentives to return to work, especially where social benefits are too generous. Rigid employment protection for incumbent workers has also come at the cost of more frequent labour turnover for temporary workers who face an increasing risk of unemployment, including the more highly educated. The risk of hysteresis effects is significant in particular for those who separated from temporary jobs. The public employment service has to take account of individual cases, adopting intensive programmes such as training where necessary, while in general personalised job search assistance to get jobseekers back to work at early stages is recommended. Transitions du marché du travail en Italie : Cessation d'emploi, retour à l'emploi et implications politiques Le bas taux d’emploi en Italie est associé à des dynamiques adverses au marché du travail caractérisées d’une manière différente selon les catégories de travailleurs. La cessation d’emploi et le retour à l’emploi à la fois restent moins fréquents en Italie, surtout parmi les travailleurs âgés, dans le contexte de la rigidité de la législation sur la protection de l’emploi qui pèse sur la création d’emploi, et donc sur les perspectives de retour à l’emploi. Les conditions du travail après le retour à l’emploi ont tendance à se dégrader, surtout parmi les travailleurs âgés, car les compétences liées à l’ancienneté ne sont pas entièrement transférables entre firmes. Les perspectives sur les conditions de travail après le retour à l’emploi se dégradent avec un chômage de longue durée, qui affecte les incitations au retour à l’emploi, en particulier lorsque les prestations sociales sont très généreuses. La rigidité de la législation sur la protection de l’emploi pour les travailleurs protégés sous contrat à durée indéterminée s'effectue au prix de la rotation de l’emploi trop fréquente parmi les travailleurs sous contrat à durée déterminée qui rencontrent un risque croissant du chômage, y compris parmi ceux qui sont les plus instruits. Le risque d’effets d’hystérèse est significatif surtout parmi ceux qui ont cessé de travailler sous contrat à durée déterminée. Le service public d’emploi doit tenir compte de cas individuels, en adoptant des programmes intensifs tels que la formation professionnelle si nécessaire, tandis que l’assistance personnalisée à la recherche d’emploi dans les phases initiales est recommandée en règle générale.

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  • Yosuke Jin & Ryotaro Fukahori & Hermes Morgavi, 2016. "Labour market transitions in Italy: Job separation, re-employment and policy implications," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1291, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1291-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jm0s95j78s1-en
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    1. Paolo Emilio Mistrulli & Tommaso Oliviero & Zeno Rotondi & Alberto Zazzaro, 2023. "Job Protection and Mortgage Conditions: Evidence from Italian Administrative Data," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 85(6), pages 1211-1237, December.

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    Keywords

    cessation d’emploi; conditions de travail; dualism; dualisme; job separation; labour market; marché du travail; re-employment; retour à l’emploi; working conditions;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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