Explaining the productivity gap of Mezzogiorno industry: an empirical investigation
Journal title ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE
Author/s Annamaria Nifo
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/3 Language Italian
Pages 21 P. 105-125 File size 250 KB
DOI 10.3280/POLI2011-003005
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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.
Keywords: Productivity gap, Mezzogiorno, shift-share analysis
Jel codes: L23, O14, O15
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Annamaria Nifo, L’industria del Mezzogiorno: un’analisi empirica sui divari di produttività in "ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE " 3/2011, pp 105-125, DOI: 10.3280/POLI2011-003005