to recognize that the current large regional gap in Italy is significantly linked to two policy decisions taken by the … constraint for the growth of southern Italy's mainly as a consequence of the deep process of governmental decentralization that … control for the impact of labor market reforms, a second and almost simultaneous institutional shock that took place in Italy …

concentration patterns in Italy, i.e. urban areas (UA) and industrial districts (ID). UA typically display a huge concentration of …

carried out in Northern Italy. That's for two main reasons: • First, because the majority of Southern cities still lag behind …

across Italy, to those who move from the least developed South to the Centre-North and those who move within the richer …