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This contribution is, first and foremost, a reflection on the theme of political economy and the historical evolution of its ideas. It highlights some salient moments in the history of political economy and remembers the main protagonists who have contributed to the development of the discipline...
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This contribution examined the various crises that the Eurozone has experienced in recent years—from the global financial crisis to the Greek sovereign debt crisis and the challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. These crises have raised questions about the very existence of the European...
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Data from Stability Programs (European Countries) and from Us Congress Budget Office and Us Bureau of Census are collected to investigate the burden each worker will have to bear in the future in order to finance pension and health care provisions. If the private side of the system is based,...
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Questo contributo offre una narrazione dei temi dell'occupazione, disoccupazione e crescita in Italia nel periodo 1997-2015, partendo dal momento in cui l'Italia firma il Trattato di Amsterdam del 1997 e aderisce pienamente all'UEM e alla moneta unica attraverso l'accettazione del Patto di...
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Developments in the real-estate sector are of crucial importance for the business cycle and financial stability. This study analyses developments in the Italian housing market on the basis of both real and financial variables. Following the sharp contraction of the market during the financial...
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In Italy the rate of growth of GDP has declined over the period 2000-2007, after joining the single currency. The decrease is not incidental, but it has a structural and long-term nature, so this decrease relates to the potential growth. This weakening of growth takes place in an international...
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This contribution is an analysis and a comment of the Final Remarks of the Governor of the Bank of Italy and his directions of economic policy for the Italian economy. An economy that has a high unemployment and also supports a public debt that, despite the recent efforts of fiscal...
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This paper examines the main issues related to the labor market in Italy and indicates some possible solutions that do not focus exclusively on the flexibility of the labor market, but rather on the overall problem and the complexity of employment, with its economic dimension, but also social....
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Employment and, more generally, the theme of labor market are central issues in the debate on economic growth, but they are also relevant social issues. It is well known that Italy has been experiencing weak economic growth for over twenty years. This paper examines the employment and labor...
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In the present work we argue that in order to appraise the explanatory power of the existing explanations of dualism in the Italian economy it is important to examine their empirical predictions relatively to the territorial dispersion of some efficiency measures. Applying the non-parametric FDH...
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