Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11147/8893
Title: Employment volatility in lagging and advanced regions: The Italian case
Authors: Duran, Hasan Engin
Fratesi, Ugo
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: The presence of cycles characterizes all economic systems, but economic cycles have differentiated spatial impacts. Some regions have broader cycles with respect to the country, while others tend to be less responsive to shocks and hence have narrower cycles. Being exposed to broader cycles, that is, greater volatility, may increase the strain on a regional economic system. This paper investigates the different responsiveness to cyclical forces and volatility of regions in the long run. It does so by using quarterly employment data for the Nuts2 Italian regions over almost 40 years before and during the period 1978-2016. Explored in particular are the cross-regional variations in employment volatility and the reasons for the patterns observed, as well as whether they have changed the following different macroeconomic policy regimes. The paper identifies the break dates of different regimes, and these regime changes will be related to policy modifications, such as the implementation of the European Monetary Union. The determinants of this regional volatility appear to be quite stable, so that the changes in volatility are explained by how these determinants have changed overtime and how they are unevenly distributed in space. In particular, the lagging regions of the country suffer, in addition to lower production and income, from higher volatility due to a structure which is weaker and more unstable. Volatility can hence be an additional issue for lagging regions.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12351
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/8893
ISSN: 0017-4815
1468-2257
Appears in Collections:City and Regional Planning / Şehir ve Bölge Planlama
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

Files in This Item:
File SizeFormat 
Growth and Change.pdf828.75 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
Show full item record



CORE Recommender

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

8
checked on Nov 29, 2024

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

7
checked on Nov 23, 2024

Page view(s)

744
checked on Dec 2, 2024

Download(s)

142
checked on Dec 2, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check




Altmetric


Items in GCRIS Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.