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L?industria del Mezzogiorno: un?analisi empirica sui divari di produttivit?

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  • Annamaria Nifo

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Explaining the productivity gap between Centre-Northern and Southern industry is still a central issue in the debate on the relative lag of Italian Mezzogiorno. In this investigation I use the unique UniCredit-Capitalia survey database on a stratified sample of Italian manufacturing firms for the years 1995-1997, 1998-2000 and 2001-2003 (with an overall number of twelve thousand two hundred and sixteen observations). Micro-level data are aggregated at provincial level to carry out an application of the shift-share analysis aiming at pointing out magnitude and role of structural, geographical and allocative components in the provincial gap of labour productivity. Consistent with most of the previous literature, geographical factors come out to be the main determinants of differences in the labour productivity in Italy. Results show that specific characteristics of manufacturing firms concerning industry, size and international opening affect the provincial gap in labour productivity much less than localization factors connected to institutional environment and endowments of human capital, social capital and local infrastructures.

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  • Annamaria Nifo, 2011. "L?industria del Mezzogiorno: un?analisi empirica sui divari di produttivit?," ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2011(3), pages 105-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/poli2011-003005
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    1. Andrea Lasagni & Annamaria Nifo & Gaetano Vecchione, 2015. "Firm Productivity And Institutional Quality: Evidence From Italian Industry," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(5), pages 774-800, November.
    2. Agostino, Mariarosaria & Nifo, Annamaria & Trivieri, Francesco & Vecchione, Gaetano, 2016. "Total factor productivity heterogeneity: channelling the impact of institutions," MPRA Paper 72759, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Massimiliano Agovino & Antonio Garofalo & Katia Marchesano, 2018. "Do institutions affect the matching process of disabled people? The Italian case," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(2), pages 921-943, March.
    4. Carmelo Petraglia, 2011. "Il Mezzogiorno nella letteratura economica del 2011," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 4, pages 1083-1098.
    5. A. Nifo & G. Vecchione, 2015. "Measuring Institutional Quality in Italy," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1-2, pages 157-182.

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    Keywords

    Differenza di produttivit?; Mezzogiorno; analisi shift-share;
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    JEL classification:

    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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