IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envirc/v26y2008i5p1016-1035.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Employment Changes in Italy in the 1990s: A Comparison between Large Enterprise Areas and Industrial Districts

Author

Listed:
  • Gabi Dei Ottati

    (Department of Economics, University of Florence, Via delle Pandette 9, 50127 Florence, Italy)

  • Laura Grassini

    (Department of Statistics ‘Giuseppe Parenti’, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 59, 50134 Florence, Italy)

Abstract

We examine the uneven employment changes in the Italian local labour systems (LLSs) in the 1990s. Using the 1991 and 2001 economic census data, we intend to compare the performance of different types of LLS, and particularly those of the industrial districts (IDs) and the large enterprise systems (LESs). The originality of the study lies in the territorial unit of analysis chosen: the 784 Italian LLSs. The analysed data show that, in the 1990s, the Italian IDs proved to be the country's most dynamic local systems. Moreover, the shift-and-share analysis demonstrates that the local effect in the IDs was positive enough to more than compensate for the negative industry mix. Conversely, in the LESs the local effect was so negative as to determine a total negative effect, despite the positive industry mix. We conclude with an overview of the present situation and the corresponding policy implications.

Suggested Citation

  • Gabi Dei Ottati & Laura Grassini, 2008. "Employment Changes in Italy in the 1990s: A Comparison between Large Enterprise Areas and Industrial Districts," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 26(5), pages 1016-1035, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:26:y:2008:i:5:p:1016-1035
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://epc.sagepub.com/content/26/5/1016.abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:26:y:2008:i:5:p:1016-1035. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.