At what point and why did the structural situation of the French and Italian economies start to deteriorate?
We look at the evolution of the French and Italian economies since 1980 to determine at what point the two countries’ economies began to deteriorate structurally: Slowdown in productivity; Decline in the size of industry and in market shares; Decline in the employment rate relative to other countries. This deterioration began in the late 1990s and early 2000s. We also seek to determine what may have caused this deterioration. We find the following factors were responsible: The decline in worker skills in France and Italy; The lag in corporate modernisation in France and Italy; The increase in the corporate tax burden in Italy; The increase in labour costs in Italy.
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