One of the most widely cited labour market indicators, the unemployment rate, is based on a conventional definition of … unemployment. In Italy, following the ILO recommendations, the �unemployed� category comprises all persons who state to look … not behaviourally distinct labour market groups. The standardised ILO definition of unemployment is then too rigid for a …

The fall in employment and the increase in unemployment rates in Italy in 2009 were fairly modest, given the sharp drop …, the rise in the unemployment rate has been curbed by extensive recourse to temporary income support schemes to reduce …