The aim of this study is to investigate the role and importance of related variety in fostering employment growth, covering the period 1991-2011 for the Italian case. This work supports the study of economic and local development from the perspective of the related-variety approach, focusing on the need for a certain degree of cognitive proximity at local level to promote innovation and employment growth. The results underline that variety has a positive impact on employment growth, and related variety matters even more.
Related variety and employment growth in Italy / Innocenti, Niccolò*; Lazzeretti, Luciana. - In: SR SCIENZE REGIONALI. - ISSN 1720-3929. - STAMPA. - 16:(2017), pp. 325-350. [10.14650/87460]
Related variety and employment growth in Italy
Innocenti, Niccolò
;Lazzeretti, Luciana
2017
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the role and importance of related variety in fostering employment growth, covering the period 1991-2011 for the Italian case. This work supports the study of economic and local development from the perspective of the related-variety approach, focusing on the need for a certain degree of cognitive proximity at local level to promote innovation and employment growth. The results underline that variety has a positive impact on employment growth, and related variety matters even more.
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