Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180630 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 135
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Italian economy performs well below the EU average. The reason is a dramatic and persistent low rate of investment, always invoked but never supported by national and supra-national institutions. However, investment to increase the quantity and quality of human capital is key to boost economic growth and cannot be achieved without adequate financial resources. At the same time, the educational system needs to relaunch university reforms (including the Gelmini and 3+2 reforms) which have been unsuccessful so far because they were poorly implemented. Last but not least, more and better ties between the educational system and the labor market should be developed as soon as possible.
Subjects: 
public investment
aggregate human capital
economic growth
educational reforms
3+2 University Reform
JEL: 
E22
E24
H54
I25
I28
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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