Employment

28 April 2017

Italy’s Jobs Act in comparative perspective

By Georg Picot

The Jobs Act shares less with other European labour market reforms than with Italy’s previous “Fornero reform”—raising the question whether Renzi’s measures were really needed.

21 April 2017

The Jobs Act and youth (un)employment: between political narratives and policy perspectives

By Patrik Vesan

Two years after the introducion of Renzi’s Jobs Act, its achievements in the area of youth employment appear rather limited.

3 March 2016

Spain’s social model in the balance as parties attempt to form a government

By Sofia A. Perez

As Spanish parties struggle to form a coalition government after the latest elections, at stake is not only the future of the country’s social model, but also the leadership of the country’s left.

22 February 2016

The relevance of Keynesian economics for Europe

By Olimpia Fontana

At a time of profound crisis for both the global economy and economics as discipline, Keynesian economics continues to reveal its relevance as an alternative to the practical and theoretical shortcomings of mainstream approaches.

«What globalisation’s losers theory hypothesized has found some empirical support during the last Italian national election. Negative externalities of globalisation and the EU integration process are unevenly distributed in the society»

Employment

Employment

Italy’s Jobs Act in comparative perspective

The Jobs Act and youth (un)employment: between political narratives and policy perspectives

Spain’s social model in the balance as parties attempt to form a government

The relevance of Keynesian economics for Europe

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