The Economy of the Italian Regions analyzes the evolution, in 2010 and the early months of 2011, of economic activity, the labour market, credit aggregates and cohesion and development policies in the four Italian macro-regions.
In this number, the boxes focus on the dynamics of the trend and cyclical components of Italian exports, the strategies particularly those involving research and development adopted by Italian firms to tackle the economic crisis, the effects of the gender gap on labour market outcomes and the policies to encourage female participation, and banks' assessment of the demand for and supply of credit.
