The Evolution of Technological Space and Firms' Workforce Composition in a Manufacturing Region

Giancarlo Corò (corog@unive.it), Monica Plechero (mplechero@gmail.com), Francesco Rullani (francesco.rullani@unive.it) and Mario Volpe (mvolpe@unive.it)
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Giancarlo Corò: Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Mario Volpe: Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

No 2020:12, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: The development of the technological space of a manufacturing region relates to its human capital. However, the dynamic relation between local firms' workforce composition and their adoption of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies over time is still under investigated. The paper contributes to filling this gap analysing the relation over 10 years between technology adoption and the occupational choices of 1800 firms from one of the most industrialized regions of Italy: the Veneto Region. The results from descriptive as well as inferential analysis show that such relational dynamics are a multifaceted phenomenon, presenting a series of counterintuitive features.

Keywords: Digital technologies, Industry 4.0; manufacturing region, workforce, SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 O33 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2020
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