| Autor: |
Paolo Sestito, Matteo Gomellini, Carlo Ciccarelli |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: |
1556-5068 |
| Popis: |
Population ageing and lack of productivity growth characterize most western countries. We focus on Italy and investigate whether the availability of a young population represents a determinant of manufacturing productivity growth. We follow a historical comparative analysis and provide evidence of the strength of this relation in the past (1861-1911) and today (1961-2011). To account for the sizeable regional heterogeneity characterizing historically the country we use data disaggregated at the provincial level. Our analysis suggests that the availability of a young population represents indeed one of the determinant of manufacturing productivity growth. The strength of the relation was higher in the past than today, but ageing is still nevertheless a factor that cannot be neglected from a policy perspective. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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