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Changes in the Italian Employment Structure and Job Quality

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  • Silvia Anna Maria Camussi

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Luciana Aimone Gigio

    (Bank of Italy)

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This paper contributes to the literature on changes in the employment structure, focusing on the job quality created and destroyed over the recent years in the Italian Southern regions compared to Central and Northern ones and with European regions with similar characteristics. In the 2014–2019 period, the economic gap between Central-Northern regions and the South area has been widening. In South Italy, the share of workers with low quality occupations has further in-creased, while the rest of the country experienced a growth in high quality jobs. In particular, the employment growth in the South has mainly involved those traditional sectors (such as hotels and restaurants) that employ low-skilled workers, while Central-Northern regions have been driven by knowledge intensive services and high-skilled manufacturing. Even compared with other lagging regions in the European Union, Southern Italy showed less favourable trends, especially if compared to German and French areas.

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  • Silvia Anna Maria Camussi & Luciana Aimone Gigio, 2024. "Changes in the Italian Employment Structure and Job Quality," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 10(3), pages 1119-1146, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:italej:v:10:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s40797-023-00247-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s40797-023-00247-1
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    Keywords

    Job quality; Labour market;

    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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