International Journal of Manpower: Volume 31 Issue 7

Labour, productivity and growth: an introductory essay

Enrico Marelli, Francesco Pastore

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Labour, productivity and growth”.

Labour‐market performance in the OECD: some recent cross‐country evidence

Sergio Destefanis, Giuseppe Mastromatteo

The purpose of this paper is to assess the evolution of labour‐market performance in the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) over the last decade…

Employment, productivity and models of growth in the EU

Enrico Marelli, Marcello Signorelli

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main “models of growth” characterising the EU countries in the last two decades, with particular reference to the…

Trends of labour productivity in Italy: a study with panel co‐integration methods

Stefano Fachin, Andrea Gavosto

The main aim of this paper is to examine labour productivity trends in Italy over the period 1981‐2004.

The Italian productivity slow‐down: the role of the bargaining model

Leonello Tronti

The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of the Protocol '93 bargaining model in favouring the slow‐down of the Italian economy and to design a correction.

Assessing the impact of incomes policy: the Italian experience

Francesco Pastore

The Saint Valentine's Decree (1984) and the ensuing hard‐fought referendum (1985), which reduced the automatisms of scala mobile, started a process of redefinition of wage fixing…

Workplace practices and firm performance in manufacturing: A comparative study of Italy and Britain

Annalisa Cristini, Dario Pozzoli

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of innovative workplace practices in a sample of manufacturing establishments.