This paper investigates how Italian labour market institutions influence business cycle fluctuations. We apply a DSGE model that features Italian labour market rigidities and we estimate the latter on Italian data using Bayesian techniques to assess the effects of demand, supply, and labour...

This paper investigates how Italian labour market institutions influence business cyclefluctuations. We apply a DSGE model that features Italian labour market rigidities and weestimate the latter on Italian data using Bayesian techniques to assess the effects of demand,supply, and labour market...

This paper studies the effect of labor market institutions on the cyclicality of labor productivity and aggregate fluctuations in Italy. It uses a New Keynesian model with labor market frictions and labor effort when two wage bargaining settings (efficient Nash and rightto-manage) interact with...