This paper presents a survey of some important research where productivity in Italian industry has been analyzed. Such studies can be distinguished between those which do not consider the territorial features of the phenomenon and those concerned with the causes of productivity gaps between Centre-North and South areas. The works analyzed are also distinguished according to whether productivity trends are ascribed to supply factors 8external diseconomies, business dimension, management, environmental factors) or to demand factors (increase in income an invest). The common denominator of works attributing the causes of productivity growth to demand factors is "Verdoon's law". As is well known, according to this law, the increase of productivity, in the long run, is directly connected with output growth, because of the existence of increasing returns to scale.
L'analisi empirica della produttività nell'industria italiana e divari territoriali: una rassegna della letteratura
OFRIA, Ferdinando
1998-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents a survey of some important research where productivity in Italian industry has been analyzed. Such studies can be distinguished between those which do not consider the territorial features of the phenomenon and those concerned with the causes of productivity gaps between Centre-North and South areas. The works analyzed are also distinguished according to whether productivity trends are ascribed to supply factors 8external diseconomies, business dimension, management, environmental factors) or to demand factors (increase in income an invest). The common denominator of works attributing the causes of productivity growth to demand factors is "Verdoon's law". As is well known, according to this law, the increase of productivity, in the long run, is directly connected with output growth, because of the existence of increasing returns to scale.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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