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Italian cooperatives: an analysis of their economic performances, employment characteristics and innovation processes based on combined used of official data

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  • Carlo BORZAGA

    (University of Trento (Italy) and European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse))

  • Manlio CALZARONI

    (Expert in Statistics, former Director of the Central Directorate for economic censuses and statistical registers at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat), Italy)

  • Chiara CARINI

    (Euricse)

  • Massimo LORI

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat), Italy)

Abstract

Researchers and policymakers have identified the need to accurately and quantitatively evaluate cooperatives and their economic, social and employment effects, as well as their evolution over time, in a way that is as reliable as possible and not subject to interpretation. This need was also manifested in the adoption by the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians of the Guidelines Concerning Statistics of Cooperatives, which aim to facilitate the development of a set of statistics on cooperatives that can be compared at the international level. This study provides informative insights and analyses based on a unified statistical representation of the structure, economic performance and profiles of cooperatives—including cooperative groups— within the Italian economy. Through the integration of several official statistical data sources released by the Italian National Institute of Statistics with the Cooperative Register managed by the Ministry of Economic Development, on the one hand, the paper highlights the peculiarities of cooperatives compared to other companies; on the other hand, it analyses in depth the composition of the cooperative sector with respect to both economic and structural variables.

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  • Carlo BORZAGA & Manlio CALZARONI & Chiara CARINI & Massimo LORI, 2019. "Italian cooperatives: an analysis of their economic performances, employment characteristics and innovation processes based on combined used of official data," CIRIEC Working Papers 1906, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
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    1. Chiara Bentivogli & Eliana Viviano, 2012. "Changes in the Italian Economy: The Cooperatives," L'industria, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 497-528.
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    1. Michele Costa & Flavio Delbono & Francesco Linguiti, 2021. "Cooperative Movement and Prosperity across Italian Regions," Working Papers wp1161, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
    2. Rousselière, Damien & Bouchard, Marie J. & Rousselière, Samira, 2024. "How does the social economy contribute to social and environmental innovation? Evidence of direct and indirect effects from a European survey," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(5).
    3. Michele Costa & Flavio Delbono & Francesco Linguiti, 2023. "Cooperative movement and widespread prosperity across Italian regions," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(2), pages 475-494, June.

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    Keywords

    Italy; Cooperatives; Statistics; Economic and employment size; Innovation and digitalization;
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    JEL classification:

    • C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises
    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms

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