Divergence and long-run equilibria in Italian regional unemployment

Mauro Costantini and Claudio Lupi

Applied Economics Letters, 2006, vol. 13, issue 14, 899-904

Abstract: The Italian labour market is characterized by large and persistent regional unemployment differentials. This study uses recent panel unit root and cointegration tests to derive the long-run properties of the Italian regional unemployment disparities. The empirical evidence suggests that the stochastic convergence hypothesis can be rejected. However, the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship among regional unemployment rates cannot be excluded. Some possible implications of this finding are sketched.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850500425758

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