In this paper we argue that the deceleration of labour productivity is at the root of the slowdown of the Italian economic growth over the last twenty years. Using a simple model of growth accounting, we show that this poor performance can only be accounted for by a combination of two main...

The paper concentrates on tax exemption policies aimed at sustaining collective agreements in the area of variable wage systems linked to the company productivity performance. Starting from a reconstruction of the present legal framework, the Author verifies its effectiveness. The analysis shows...

Productivity and wages are stagnant, effective demand is in contraction, growth appears now as an illusion and we have also decline in bargaining. How to restore a "virtuos" path also re-thinking objectives and methods of collective bargaining. Can the proposal of a planned and bargained...