From a guaranteed Labour Makret to the « Flexible Worker » Model? The Transformation of Italian Unemployment Policy in the ‘90s

Paolo Graziano

No 4, Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po from Centre d'études européennes (CEE) at Sciences Po, Paris

Abstract: The Italian welfare state has often been described as a clear example of the Continentalwelfare state regime (Esping-Andersen, 1990 and 1999 and Pierson, 2001) and also, adoptingother conceptual lenses, an important member of the Southern European welfare state family(Ferrera, 1996). From the end of World War II, the institutions and policies adopted in Italyhave been clearly marked on the one hand by the predominance of a male bread-winnerlabour market model and on the other by the strong protection of workers (insiders) and weak(if existent) protection of the so called ‘outsiders’. The article is particularly focused on labour market regulation in Italy, trying to emphasise some key quantitative elements regarding the employment and unemployment dataover the years (§ 1), then the basic traits of the evolution of Italian labour market will bepresented (§ 2), the endogenous and exogenous pressures for change and the dynamics ofinstitutional change (§ 3) will be explored, whereas a discussion on the possible newinstitutional configuration with particular reference to a new Law (the so called Biagi2 Law,that might introduce further elements of change) will follow (§ 4). Some final remarks (§ 5)regarding the current debates in Italy will conclude the presentation of the Italian case.

Keywords: Italy; Europeanization; unemployment; employment policy; social policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-06-01
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