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Italy’s non-working women are a $99 billion opportunity

Meno di metà delle donne italiane in età da lavoro ha un impiego. Se si eguagliasse la media europea del 62,3% , il Pil italiano potrebbe aumentare aumentare di 88 miliardi di euro annui. Bloomberg.com

Italy’s women are lagging the rest of Europe when it comes to economic activity, leaving the nation missing out on billions of euros each year.

The proportion of working-age women participating in the labor market is the lowest in the region. Less than half of Italian women are in employment and raising that level to match the euro-area average of 62.3 percent could boost gross domestic product by 88 billion euros ($99 billion) each year, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Eurostat data.

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