How is the Italian job market doing? What can we take away from the encouraging data that reveals over 270 thousand new jobs were created in the first 8 months of 2017? How should we read this in relation to the elevated level of unemployment, affecting over 7 million Italians?
The Italian debate on the theme is analyzed by James Politi for the Financial Times in Italy jobs surge sparks debate about recovery, one of the Top 5 most read this week.
If some find these figures encouraging, others, including Professor Francesco Saraceno - economist at the Sciences Po and SEP and an editorialist for LUISS Open, the university's first research magazine – this data should be read with caution as there are stagnant sectors that have created new jobs while others still suffer.