Employment Dynamics and Local Productive Structure in Italy

Journal title SCIENZE REGIONALI
Author/s Roberto Basile, Cristiana Donati, Rosanna Pittiglio, Maria Savarese
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/2
Language Italian Pages 36 P. 33-68 File size 640 KB
DOI 10.3280/SCRE2015-002002
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Using Local Labour Systems (LLSs) data, we assess the effect of the local productive structure on employment growth in Italy during the period 1981-2008. Italy represents an interesting case study because of the high degree of spatial heterogeneity in local labour market performances and of the presence of strongly specialized LLSs (industrial districts). Building on a semiparametric geoadditive model, our empirical investigation allows us to identify important nonlinearities in the relationship between local industry structure and local employment growth, to assess the relative performance of industrial districts and to control for unobserved spatial heterogeneity.

Keywords: Industrial districts; employment dynamics; semiparametric geoadditive models

Jel codes: R11, R12, C14

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Roberto Basile, Cristiana Donati, Rosanna Pittiglio, Maria Savarese, Dinamiche dell’occupazione e struttura produttiva locale in Italia in "SCIENZE REGIONALI " 2/2015, pp 33-68, DOI: 10.3280/SCRE2015-002002