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Labour market reform for more and better quality jobs in Italy

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  • Yosuke Jin

    (OECD)

  • Patrick Lenain

    (OECD)

Abstract

A well-functioning labour market is indispensable to promote job creation, increase living standards, and develop a cohesive society. In Italy, the various deficiencies of the labour market have resulted in high unemployment, low labour force participation and job-skill mismatch. These deficiencies have contributed to the problem of allocation of resources, income distribution, and low productivity, reducing people’s well-being. The current government, following on past governments’ reforms, is introducing a package of labour market reforms – the Jobs Act – to improve the labour market in a consistent way. The reform will make the labour market more flexible and inclusive, and reduce duality. The long-lasting problem of effective enforcement will need to be overcome, with an increased focus on rapid implementation by the current government. A set of well-designed institutions, not only labour market policies but also the education system and product market regulation, would encourage higher labour force participation, especially among women, and produce more and better quality jobs in a more skill-intensive economy. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Italy (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-italy.htm). La réforme du marché du travail pour des emplois plus nombreux et de meilleure qualité en Italie Un marché du travail qui fonctionne bien est indispensable pour promouvoir la création d'emplois, augmenter les conditions de vie, et développer une société prospère. En Italie, les diverses lacunes du marché du travail ont abouti à un chômage élevé, une faible participation au marché du travail et une inadéquation des compétences sur le marché du travail. Ces déficiences ont contribué au problème de la répartition des ressources et des revenus, et de la faible productivité, qui contribuent à réduire le bien-être du peuple. Le gouvernement actuel, suite aux réformes des gouvernements passés, est en train d’introduire un ensemble de réformes du marché du travail – appelé le « Jobs Act » – afin d’améliorer le marché du travail de manière cohérente. La réforme rendra le marché du travail plus flexible et inclusif, et réduira la dualité. Assurer une exécution efficace des reformes, un problème de longue durée en Italie, devra être surmonter, avec un accent sur la mise en œuvre rapide des reformes par le gouvernement. Un ensemble d'institutions bien conçues, non seulement les politiques du marché du travail mais aussi le système d'éducation et la réglementation du marché de produits, encourageraient une participation plus élevée de la population active, surtout chez les femmes, et produira des emplois plus nombreux et de meilleure qualité dans une économie exigeante qui est de plus en plus axée sur les compétences avancées. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE de l'Italie 2015 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-italie.htm).

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  • Yosuke Jin & Patrick Lenain, 2015. "Labour market reform for more and better quality jobs in Italy," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1266, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1266-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jrqhrw7rfzq-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Michal Andrle & Mr. Alvar Kangur & Mr. Mehdi Raissi, 2018. "Italy: Quantifying the Benefits of a Comprehensive Reform Package," IMF Working Papers 2018/060, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Mr. Alvar Kangur, 2018. "Competitiveness and Wage Bargaining Reform in Italy," IMF Working Papers 2018/061, International Monetary Fund.
    3. Schrader, Klaus & Ulivelli, Marta, 2017. "Italy: A crisis country of tomorrow? Insights from the Italian labor market," Kiel Policy Brief 107, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    4. Manuela Arcanjo, 2018. "Unemployment protection reforms in Southern European countries between 2004 and 2016 and the trade-off between efficiency and equity," Working Papers Department of Economics 2018/10, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.

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    Keywords

    compétences; entrepreneuriat; entrepreneurship; innovation; labour market reform; productivity; productivité; skills; turnover;
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    JEL classification:

    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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