Local labour systems of North-West Italian regions: the results of a territorial economic analysis trough the principal component analysis
Journal title RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO
Author/s Massimo Pasquariello, Michela Bia, Alberto Cassone
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/1
Language Italian Pages 39 P. 43-81 File size 995 KB
DOI 10.3280/REST2011-001002
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Objectives
Economic studies on micro-territorial settings have received growing attention in the social sciences, highlighting the complexity of social and economic mechanisms in macro-economic dynamics. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse such a socio-economic composite system by using well-defined indicators. More specifically, the goal is to develop empirical studies on local labour systems. The reference area is that of North-West Italian regions (Piedmont, Lombardy, Aosta Valley and Liguria)
Methods and Results
In order to find out the main economic factors underlying local markets, we adopt the principal component analysis. The analysis yields three significant components for North-Western regions in Italy: Manifacturing&Employment, Services&Unemployment and EntrepreneurialDensity&ValueAdded. The first one highlights a positive relation among the number of manufacturing firms and higher employment level as well as more widespread infrastructure in the reference area; the second one underlines a positive relation among firms linked to service and trade sectors and higher unemployment rate; the last one reveals a positive relation among added value, employment rate and number of firms, but negative with respect to micro-enterprises.
Conclusions
This article shows up the type of relations among the environment, the field of interest and the reference region for units under study, through principal components technique. The analysis was particularly focused on geo-spatial characteristics, identifying homogeneous areas of study beyond administrative boundaries.
Keywords: Local labour systems, Principal component analysis, regional Economy activity
Jel codes: R110, R120, L100
Massimo Pasquariello, Michela Bia, Alberto Cassone, Uno studio economico-territoriale del Nord-Ovest italiano tramite l’analisi delle componenti principali in "RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO" 1/2011, pp 43-81, DOI: 10.3280/REST2011-001002