Policy focus 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.
Policy focus 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.
Policy focus 10 April 2017 Italy’s Jobs Act: An ineffective remedy to a wrong diagnosis By Michele Raitano The Renzi government’s Jobs Act was based on the assumption of an overly rigid labour market. Empirical evidence tells a different story.