- Author
- Filipowicz Katarzyna (Jagiellonian University), Kelebaj Oleksij (Jagiellonian University), Tokarski Tomasz (Jagiellonian University)
- Title
- Labour Productivity in Italian Regions: a Gravitational Model Approach
- Source
- Economics and Business Review, 2024, vol. 10 (24), nr 2, s. 92-117, tab., bibliogr. 33 poz.
- Keyword
- Efektywność pracy, Model wzrostu gospodarczego, Produktywność pracy, Model grawitacji
Work effectiveness, Economic growth model, Labour productivity, Gravity model - Note
- JEL Classification: R11, O47, C2, E23
summ. - Country
- Włochy
Italy - Abstract
- The aim of the paper is to assess the causes of spatial variations in labour productivity of Italian regions using the gravity model of economic growth. The model is an extension of Robert Solow's economic growth model. The authors calibrate the model parameters using historical data and carry out numerical simulations of the long-run equilibrium states of the model. The scenarios considered in the paper vary in forecast investment rates, employment growth rates and urbanization rates. To achieve the full convergence in labour productivity, it is necessary to maintain higher investment rates in the south of the country than in Lombardy (by about 4-11%), and to keep investment rates in central and northern Italy at a similar level as in Lombardy. The fall in investment has affected the poorest regions, southern Italy, the most, followed by central Italy and the richest regions of the north of the country the least. (original abstract)
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- ISSN
- 2392-1641
- Language
- eng
- URI / DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2024.2.1027