Labor market pooling: evidence from Italian industrial districts

Guido De Blasio () and Sabrina Lucia Di Addario ()
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Guido De Blasio: Banca d'Italia

No 453, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department

Abstract: The paper provides an empirical investigation of labor market pooling. The analysis concentrates on Italian industrial districts and shows that there is fragmentary evidence of a widespread wage premium. In particular, there is no evidence of district differentials for the returns to seniority while there is evidence of negative differentials for the returns to education. Moreover, dwelling in a district has no impact on the probability of being selfemployed and only a minor impact on the likelihood of transiting from wage-and-salary to self-employment. Finally, there is no evidence of higher district worker mobility across jobs.

Keywords: Agglomeration; Labor Market; Wages; Human Capital; Labor Mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R12 R23 J23 J31 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-10
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