The XLII AISRe Conference, held online between 8 and 10 September 2021, called the Italian community of regional and urban scientists to debate on the long-term consequences, issues and challenges imposed by the coronavirus global emergency. These challenges concern the asymmetric consequences...

In Europe several countries adopt different incentives to increase regional development. Some subsidies are targeted to small and medium enterprises, others to large enterprises. Even if the subsidies are targeted to specific industrial aspects, there is a substantial degree of territorial...

D<sc>e</sc> C<sc>astris</sc> M. and P<sc>ellegrini</sc> G. Evaluation of spatial effects of capital subsidies in the South of Italy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The spatial effects of capital subsidies are neglected in the literature even if several industrial policies have a strong spatial dimension. This study disentangles the...

Extensive and persistent geographic variability of the unemployment rate within the same region has been attributed to various causes. Some theories identify the “thickness” of markets as the source of positive externalities affecting labour market by improving the ability to match the...

Several analyses show that regional capital incentives induce additional investment and growth (Schalk and Untiedt, 2000). The impact of capital subsidies on employment is more doubtful, even if many studies found that the substitution effect outweighs the output effect (Gabe and Kraybill,...

<em>Structural change of employment dynamics by professions and regions in Italy</em> (by Marusca De Castris) - ABSTRACT: The Italian labour market has registered in the last decades a substantial growth in the qualification of human capital, mainly as a consequence of both active job policies and...

<em>Incentives to Invest for Consortia of Firms: an ex-ante</em> - Evaluation of Contratti di Programma Objectives The paper presents an ex-ante evaluation of subsidies allocated by Contratti di Programma (CdP) to the consortia of firms in Italy. It is an assessment of the instrument in order to affect...

In Europe several countries adopt different incentives to increase regional development. Some subsidies are targeted to small and medium enterprises, others to large enterprises. Even if the subsidies are targeted to specific industrial aspects, there is a substantial degree of territorial...