S08-S3 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
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Special Session
| Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| WGB_G04 |
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Convenor(s): Timothy Slaper; J. Paul Elhorst; Stephan J. Goetz; Alexandra Tsvetkova
/ Chair: Matías Mayor
Speaker
Dr. Timothy Slaper
Manager/Director (prof.)
Indiana University
A basic approach to measuring a region’s economic performance: Regional risk and resiliency (R3) index
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Alexandra Tsvetkova, Timpthy Slaper (p)
Discussant for this paper
Matías Mayor
Abstract
see extended abstract
Ms Anna Herzog
Ph.D. Student
Hochschule Niederrhein
Key factors shaping urban structural adjustment processes A case study of former textile cities in France and Germany
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Anna Herzog (p), Rüdiger Hamm
Discussant for this paper
Alexandra Tsvetkova
Abstract
see extended abstract
Prof. Barbara Martini
Associate Professor
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Labour Market Resilience: The role of policies and institutions in Europe
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Barbara Martini (p), Massimo Giannini
Discussant for this paper
Anna Herzog
Abstract
As known, Italy is characterized by a strong polarization between
North and South and the 2007 crises has exacerbated such pattern.
Some regions have shown a higher degree of resilience, with a fast
recovery while others seems to be stacked in a poverty trap. Most of
the story is related to the unemployment gap, hence to the regional
labour market. The paper investigates upon the functioning of Italian
labour market at NUTS 2 level, over 1995-2015, by means of a panel
error correction model after controlling for spatial interactions among
Italian regions.
Our results show that in the long run wage per worker follows
a standard labour demand curve, with a subsequent adjustimento of
short run dynamics to the long one. Hence wage are essentially driven
by labour productivity. But regional characterics matter, as residuals
show a certain degree of cross dependence and presence of common
factors. This means that regional disparities could be related to the lo-
cal functioning of labour market and to productivity gap, that calls for
the di¤erent industrial and institutional tissue among Italian regions.
North and South and the 2007 crises has exacerbated such pattern.
Some regions have shown a higher degree of resilience, with a fast
recovery while others seems to be stacked in a poverty trap. Most of
the story is related to the unemployment gap, hence to the regional
labour market. The paper investigates upon the functioning of Italian
labour market at NUTS 2 level, over 1995-2015, by means of a panel
error correction model after controlling for spatial interactions among
Italian regions.
Our results show that in the long run wage per worker follows
a standard labour demand curve, with a subsequent adjustimento of
short run dynamics to the long one. Hence wage are essentially driven
by labour productivity. But regional characterics matter, as residuals
show a certain degree of cross dependence and presence of common
factors. This means that regional disparities could be related to the lo-
cal functioning of labour market and to productivity gap, that calls for
the di¤erent industrial and institutional tissue among Italian regions.
Dr. Matías Mayor
Full Professor
Universidad de Oviedo
Economic crisis and regional resilience in the Spanish Labour Market. A spatial perspective
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Matías Mayor (p), Begoña Cueto , Patricia Suárez
Discussant for this paper
Barbara Martini
Abstract
see extended abstract
