Regional resilience in Italy: do employment and income tell the same story?

Cellini, Roberto

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“…The empirical analysis confirms both the novelty of the theoretical framework and the presence of challenging measurement issues (Cellini, Di Caro, & Torrisi, ; Pudelko, Hundt, & Holtermann, ). One of these issues is that the literature has not yet come up with a standard set of quantitative indicators for measuring the concept of resilience (Cellini et al, ; Reig, ). The arguments for using employment growth change (Brakman, Garretsen, & Van Marrewijk, ; Eriksson & Hane‐Weijman, ; Faggian, Gemmiti, Jaquet, & Santini, ; Fingleton, Garretsen, & Martin, ) are that it is a critical variable which requires longer to recover from a recession than is the case for output (Martin, ); the severe consequences of labour market conditions on regional economies (Eriksson & Hane‐Weijman, ); the acknowledged social costs associated with employment loss (ESPON, ); the fact that it does not require deflation (Di Caro, ); and its statistical stability (Sensier, Bristow, & Healy, ).…”

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“…The arguments for using employment growth change (Brakman, Garretsen, & Van Marrewijk, ; Eriksson & Hane‐Weijman, ; Faggian, Gemmiti, Jaquet, & Santini, ; Fingleton, Garretsen, & Martin, ) are that it is a critical variable which requires longer to recover from a recession than is the case for output (Martin, ); the severe consequences of labour market conditions on regional economies (Eriksson & Hane‐Weijman, ); the acknowledged social costs associated with employment loss (ESPON, ); the fact that it does not require deflation (Di Caro, ); and its statistical stability (Sensier, Bristow, & Healy, ). Nevertheless, some authors advocate the use of an output measure (Cuadrado‐Roura & Maroto, ; Rizzi et al, ) because the possible determinants of resilience are more closely linked to regional competitiveness (Fratesi & Pereucca, 2018), because institutional rigidities are considered to reduce cross‐regional variation in labour market response (Cellini & Torrisi, ), and because it may encompass key resilience factors with no direct impact on the labour market (Cellini et al, ).…”

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“…Our paper contributes to this empirical debate by proposing a comparison between output and employment‐based indicators (such as used in Cellini et al, ; Pontarollo & Serpieri, ; Sensier et al, ), and a newly‐proposed composite resilience index obtained by means of DEA. MFA is then used to determine whether our proposal performs as well as those of Martin () which have been used in many resilience studies (Di Caro, ; Lagravinese, ; Sánchez Hernández, ).…”

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Why are some Spanish regions more resilient than others?

Martínez

García-Lautre

Apezteguía

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Papers in Regional Science

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Which of a region's characteristics most strongly influence its degree of resilience? This study constructs a composite resilience index for the Spanish regions and uses Multiple Factor Analysis to compare it with the Martin resilience index (Martin, 2012). The results of a Principal Components Analysis to measure the relative contributions of potential regional resilience drivers indicate that, during recovery periods, it is market-service focused regional economies that show stronger resilience, while, in crisis periods, it is regions with a more highly-educated workforce. KEYWORDSdata envelopment analysis, multiple factor analysis, principal components analysis, regional resilience, Spanish economy JEL CLASSIFICATION R11; R12; R58

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Why are some Spanish regions more resilient than others?

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“…L'Aquila is an economic backwater with very little industry and restricted commerce, but the post-earthquake situation was not used as an opportunity to relaunch its flagging economy. It has, however, slowly rebounded in terms of employment, although not in terms of rising incomes (Cellini et al 2017).…”

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L’Aquila, central Italy, and the “disaster cycle”, 2009-2017

Alexander

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical examination of the aftermath of the L’Aquila earthquake of 6 April 2009. It considers the elements of the recovery process that are unique or exceptional and endeavours to explain them. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a survey and synthesis of the abundant literature on the disaster, coupled with observations from the author’s many visits to L’Aquila and personal involvement in the debates on the questions raised during the aftermath. Findings Several aspects of the disaster are unique. These include the use of large, well-appointed buildings as temporary accommodation and the efforts to use legal processes to obtain justice for alleged mismanagement of both the early emergency situation and faults in the recovery process. Research limitations/implications Politics, history, economics and geography have conspired to make the L’Aquila disaster and its aftermath a multi-layered event that poses considerable challenges of interpretation. Practical implications The L’Aquila case teaches first that moderate seismic events can entail a long and difficult process of recovery if the initial vulnerability is high. Second, for processes of recovery to be rational, they need to be safeguarded against the effects of political expediency and bureaucratic delay. Social implications Many survivors of the L’Aquila disaster have been hostages to fortune, victims as much of broader political and socio-economic forces than of the earthquake itself. Originality/value Although there are now many published analyses of the L’Aquila disaster, as the better part of a decade has elapsed since the event, there is value in taking stock and making a critical assessment of developments. The context of this disaster is dynamic and extraordinarily sophisticated, and it provides the key to interpretation of developments that otherwise would probably seem illogical.

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To be (or not to be) resilient over time: facts and causes

2017

Ann Reg Sci

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Regional resilience in Italy: do employment and income tell the same story?

Cited by 35 publications

References 16 publications

Why are some Spanish regions more resilient than others?

Why are some Spanish regions more resilient than others?

L’Aquila, central Italy, and the “disaster cycle”, 2009-2017

To be (or not to be) resilient over time: facts and causes

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