Decisive human capital to cope with current revolutions
Young protagonists at the Trento 2025 Festival of Economics. Changing work and training in the era of the Ia
by Giorgio Pogliotti and Claudio Tucci
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In a country caught between denatality and major revolutions underway, human capital formation is increasingly a factor in growth and competitiveness. Whether we are looking at classrooms or at universities and research. Above all, in a world of work that sees positive but limited signs of employment, mainly linked to the over-50s, with industry struggling, grappling with unresolved historical knots: from low productivity to the low participation of women and young people, to the issue of wages and housing for out-of-towners.
If it is true that after years of cuts, the NRP is trying to change course on training and active policies, it is, unfortunately, equally true that Italy remains at the bottom of the league table internationally in terms of employment rate, young people without jobs, young people who do not study and do not work (Neet), school drop-outs and number of graduates. An enormous damage, with the demographic winter underway (every year the desks are emptied of more than 100,000 students) and the difficulty businesses have in finding the right skills, a 'mismatch' that costs 44 billion in lost added value, equal to 2.5 points of GDP. We must also reckon with artificial intelligence, which makes many skills obsolete but creates new job opportunities. Hence the Trento Festival's decision to dedicate a series of meetings to training and work. Moreover, young people are the great protagonists of Festival 2025, at the centre of several initiatives.
THURSDAY 22 MAY
The impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market
The protagonists: Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister of Labour and Social Policies; Giorgio Pogliotti, Il Sole 24 Ore
