This paper examines the regional distribution of public employment in Italy and documents two sets of facts. The first … is the use of public employment as a subsidy from the North to the less wealthy South. We calculate that about half of … the wage bill in the South of Italy can be identified as a subsidy, with both the size of public employment and wage …

reinforced and complemented at the micro-economic level. Lower regional unemployment puts an upward pressure on wages of … individuals, although this effect has become weaker since 2008. But there is downward pressure on wages for individuals with …

-15 Current Population Survey, I find that the drawn-out cyclical labor market repair-likely owing to low entry wages of new … workers-slowed down real wage growth. There are, however, also signs of structural changes in the labor market affecting wages …

spillovers on firms is particularly strong in terms of employment and value added …

inequality are characterized by dynamism-a drive toward sophisticated export industries, innovation, and creative destruction and …

We provide an overview of the theories and empricial evidence on the complex relationship among innovation, competition …, and inclusive growth. Competition and innovation-led growth are critical to drive productivity gains and support broad …-based growth. However, new technologies and trends in market concentration are stifling future innovation while contributing to the …