01671cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000666 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451819717 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Italy : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (182 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper describes stylized facts, institutions, and directions for reform in the Italian labor market. The paper examines developments in aggregate features of the labor market. It highlights that during the latest cyclical recovery, total employment has remained stagnant and the unemployment rate has not declined despite modest output growth. The paper examines different features of labor market developments from a longer-term perspective, reviewing developments in regional labor markets as well as the evolutions of employment shares and relative wages across sectors. The paper also describes the Italian social protection system. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1998/057 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1998/057/002.1998.issue-057-en.xml IMF e-Library