The relationship between green and digital skill supply and industrial dynamics

Kateryna Tkach (), Alberto Marzucchi (), Ugo Rizzo () and Michela Borghesi ()
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Kateryna Tkach: Gran Sasso Science Institute
Alberto Marzucchi: Gran Sasso Science Institute
Ugo Rizzo: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ferrara
Michela Borghesi: Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara

No 726, SEEDS Working Papers from SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies

Abstract: We contribute to the literature on the green, digital and twin transitions by providing novel evidence on their implications for industrial dynamics. In particular, we investigate whether the local supply of skills in the green, digital and twin domains is related to firm entry and exit at the NUTS3 level in Italy. We exploit a recently created dataset on the near-universe of Italian university programme descriptions to capture the skills provided through higher education. We find that the supply of green, digital and twin skills enhances opportunities for firm entry. We rule out the possibility that this effect simply reflects the supply of high-skilled labour in general. The supply of green skills may induce higher industrial renewal, being it also correlated with higher exit rates.

Keywords: skill supply; university graduates; industrial dynamics; local economic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 O33 Q55 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2026-02, Revised 2026-02
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