THEMATIC ISSUE ON "LABOUR MARKET: ANALYSIS, TRENDS AND NEW SCENARIOS" - EDITORIAL

Abstract

The analysis of the Labour Market has always assumed an important role in the international scientific debate because of its economic relevance, and its social effects and significance.

In particular, in the last two decades, in Italy there has been an increasing concern for the Labour Market and all its correlated aspects, driven by three main side topics:

• the new labour market regulations that started occurring since the end of the twentieth century to change its functioning and introduce flexibility in the Italian labour market;
• the financial-economic crises, which are occurring still nowadays and deeply affect the EU and Italian labour market because of the subsequent long economic recessions and/or widespread unemployment in most regions;
• the technological and digital revolution, together with globalization and environmental issues, which produces a constant evolution in the labour market with new forms of employment and emerging companies, and an increasingly widespread use of online recruiting methods.

In this panorama, as expected, the analysis of the Labour Market is not easy and many issues arise out of statistical and economic issues, both methodological and data-driven, and variegated social aspects, both ethical and educational.