Regional Commuting in Italy: Do Temporary Contracts Affect the Decision?

Angela Parenti () and Cristina Tealdi

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Abstract: In this paper we study how the determinants of regional commuting in Italy have evolved in the past fifteen years. Using labour force data from 1992 to 2008 we estimate a model where the probability of commuting is regressed on a wide set of individual, job, firm and regional characteristics. Specifically, we focus on understanding how the increased exibility of the labour market in the late nineties/early twenties have affected the individual decision to commute across regions. Consistent with the previous literature, we identify specific types of individual working in firms with well-defined features who are more keen to commute. However, even though temporary employees tend to commute more than permanent employees, the increased utilization of temporary contracts did not have a strong impact on the commuting decisions of Italian workers.

Keywords: Commuting; Mobility; Regional studies; Labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J41 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10
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