01729cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005669 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451871951 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Schindler, Martin. The Italian Labor Market : Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options / Martin Schindler. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 Despite improvements in labor market performance over the past decade, owing in part to past reforms, Italy's employment and productivity outcomes continue to lag behind those of its European peers. This paper reviews Italy's institutional landscape and labor market trends from a cross-country perspective, and discusses possible avenues for further reform. The policy discussion draws on international reform experience and on simulations based on a calibrated labor market matching model. A key lesson is that the details of reform design, and the sequencing of reforms, matter greatly for labor market outcomes and for the fiscal costs associated with these reforms. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/047 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2009/047/001.2009.issue-047-en.xml IMF e-Library