Raising the effectiveness of Italy’s public sector is more urgent than ever. It will be key to revive investment and … variable, weakening Italy’s resilience to shocks like the COVID-19 crisis and the ability to secure a more sustained and … institutions and public service delivery is one of the lowest across OECD countries. In the coming years Italy will have a unique …

purpose, we combine newly available data from Italy on public administration efficiency of subnational governments with geo …-localised firm-level data for the years 2004-2014. Italy provides a relevant setting to examine the relationship between public … the firm-level labour productivity in Italy by 2.4 percentage points. …