Papers by Fabrizio Pompei
The ban of using Antimicrobic Growth Promoters (AGPs) in poultry sector has been recently introdu... more The ban of using Antimicrobic Growth Promoters (AGPs) in poultry sector has been recently introduced by European Union norms. This innovation of the institutional environment is really influential upon the technology in use. The study conceptualizes the poultry industry in terms of technological paradigm and technological trajectory and suggests that the expected changes are costly to achieve due to the scarcity of technological opportunities. The paper argues that the interactions among agents along the supply chain may contribute to the solution of the emerging issues. The empirical outcomes map the skill creation in the existing networks of technicians and growers supporting the exchange of information and knowledge. The empirical findings suggests that some opportunities exist to enhance the technological knowledge and contributing to the solution of emerging issues relying on the interaction among growers and processors technicians.
Innovations and Labour Market Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Italian Case in the middle 90’s
In this paper a dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the relationship between labou... more In this paper a dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the relationship between labour market flexibility and innovation activities by distinguishing different technological regimes of activities and geographical areas of the Italian economy. In order to estimate the previous relationship, regional patents are included as a proxy of the innovation, while job turnover and wages represent labour market indicators. The results show that higher job turnover has a significant and negative impact on patent activities only in regional sectors of Northern Italy, while a positive and significant impact of blue and white collar wages has been generally found.
In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying parti... more In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying particular attention to the different technological regimes of economic activities and the different geographical areas of the Italian economy. A dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the endogenous relationship between patents, included as a proxy of the innovation, and job turnover and wages which represent labour market indicators. The results show that higher job turnover only has a significant and negative impact on patent activities in regional sectors of Northern Italy, while a positive and significant impact of blue and white collar wages has been generally found.
Localizzazione geografica delle innovazioni e mercato del lavoro
We study the link between the flexibility of Italian labour market and innovation is analysed, pa... more We study the link between the flexibility of Italian labour market and innovation is analysed, paying attention to the sectoral and spatial dimension. We used as independent variables two indicators of flexibility in labour market, turnover and wage variability, whereas the number of patents was used as a proxy of innovation. The results show that the innovation derives from high
International Journal of Manpower, 2008
Purpose -This paper aims to shed light upon the controversial relationship between labour market ... more Purpose -This paper aims to shed light upon the controversial relationship between labour market flexibility and innovation in Italy, paying attention both to inter-sectoral heterogeneity and to the regional differences. Design/methodology/approach -A set of hypotheses concerning the context-dependent relationship between labour market flexibility and innovation has been formulated by combining the main results of the theoretical literature concerning this topic. Regional patents are used as a proxy of innovation, while job turnover and wages represent labour market indicators of flexibility. Non-parametric models and dynamic structural specification of panel data have been estimated to test the aforementioned hypotheses. Findings -The results show that higher job turnover has a significant and negative impact on patent activities in regional sectors of northern Italy, while a positive and significant effect of blue and white collar wages has been generally found in the estimations. Research limitations/implications -There is a lack of updated information regarding labour market data in the Italian economy. Practical implications -Knowing in which sectoral and regional context labour flexibility has (or does not have) a positive influence on innovation plays a key role for the decisions of policy makers. Originality/value -This paper deals with the influence that the heterogeneity of the contexts (at the sectoral and geographical level) exerts on the relationship between the labour market and innovation. Moreover, the endogenous character of this relationship and the cumulative nature of innovative activities have been taken into account by means of a parsimonious dynamic econometric model.
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008
In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying parti... more In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying particular attention to the different technological regimes of economic activities and the different geographical areas of the Italian economy. A dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the endogenous relationship between patents, included as a proxy of the innovation, and job turnover and wages which represent labour market indicators. The results show that higher job turnover only has a significant and negative impact on patent activities in regional sectors of Northern Italy, while a positive and significant impact of blue and white collar wages has been generally found.
La preoccupazione per il sottodimensionamento delle imprese e per la forte specializzazione in se... more La preoccupazione per il sottodimensionamento delle imprese e per la forte specializzazione in settori industriali maturi ha caratterizzato, nell'ultimo decennio, il dibattito sul futuro del sistema produttivo italiano. A questi due fatti stilizzati è imputato, infatti, il sostanziale rallentamento dei tassi di crescita regionali e del processo di convergenza, nei confronti degli altri paesi e regioni europee .
The present study examines cross-national and sectoral differences in Total Factor Productivity (... more The present study examines cross-national and sectoral differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in fourteen European countries and ten sectors from 1995 to 2007. The main aim is to ascertain the role of employment protection of temporary contracts on TFP by estimating their effects with a "difference-in-difference" approach. Results show that deregulation of temporary contracts negatively influences the growth rates of TFP in European economies and that, within sectoral analysis, the role of this liberalisation is greater in industries where firms are more used to opening short-term positions. By contrast, in our observation period, restrictions on regular jobs do not cause significant effects on TFP, whereas limited regulation of product markets and higher R&D expenses positively affect efficiency growth.
TAKEOVER ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL REGIMES: A CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON
The role of takeovers, which plays a relevant function in well performing corporate
Cambio tecnológico y disparidad de ingresos en Europa
Revista Internacional Del Trabajo, 2009
Los autores exponen datos empíricos que confirman la relación del cambio tecnológico con la desig... more Los autores exponen datos empíricos que confirman la relación del cambio tecnológico con la desigualdad general de ingresos reinante en catorce países de la Unión Europea. Primero someten a prueba, en varios sectores con densidades de tecnología diversas, la hipótesis de que los avances tecnológicos están sesgados a favor del trabajo cualificado, y comprueban que elprogreso tecnológico es complementario de la cualificación profesional. Acto seguido analizan laposible influencia de la evolución de la demanda sectorial de recursos humanos cualificados en la desigualdad de ingresos. En cinco de los ocho sectores estudiados aparece una relación no lineal entre el cambio tecnológico sesgado y la disparidad de ingresos que dibuja una curva en forma de «U» invertida. Ello se debe probablemente al desfase que se registra entre una variación de la demanda defuerza de trabajo y el ajuste consecutivo de la oferta.
Post-communist Economies, 2008
The recent literature dealing with the determinants of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has incre... more The recent literature dealing with the determinants of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has increasingly emphasised the importance of technological aspects, as both attractive factors and FDI-related technological transfer effects. Focusing on the second perspective, this paper explores the theoretical and empirical relationships between innovative inputs (particularly FDI) and innovative outputs in the EU-27 countries, focusing in particular on the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). Findings provide evidence of strong East/West specificities, but also of marked heterogeneity within the CEECs, thus supporting our approach, which emphasises complexity and the specificities of productive and economic conditions. JEL Classification: O33, P33, P20
The present study examines cross-national and sectoral differences in multifactor productivity gr... more The present study examines cross-national and sectoral differences in multifactor productivity growth in sixteen European countries from 1995 to 2005. The main aim is to ascertain the role of flexible employment contracts and collective labour relationships in explaining the ample differentials recorded in the European economy.
Revue Internationale Du Travail, 2009
Les auteurs apportent des éléments empiriques montrant le lien entre progrès technique et inégali... more Les auteurs apportent des éléments empiriques montrant le lien entre progrès technique et inégalités de revenu dans quatorze pays d'Europe. Ils testent l'hypothèse du changement technique favorisant les qualifications dans des secteurs ayant différentes densités en technologie et montrent la complémentarité entre progrès technique et qualifications. Ils en viennent ensuite à rechercher si l'évolution de la demande de travail qualifié est un déterminant des inégalités et observent dans cinq secteurs sur huit une relation non linéaire, suivant une courbe en U inversé, pouvant s'expliquer par le comblement dans le temps du décalage entre demande et offre de main-d'œuvre qualifiée.
External Economies and Regional Manufacturing Productivity in Europe
The objective of this paper is to analyse theoretically and empirically the effects of sectoral h... more The objective of this paper is to analyse theoretically and empirically the effects of sectoral homogeneity and urban heterogeneity on regional manufacturing "pure" productivity differentials. Hypotheses of the existence and co-existence of the two types of external effects are formulated and tested for the regions of 13 Western EU countries by means of panel data spatial econometric techniques. The outcomes
The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects on regional manufacturing productivity of v... more The objective of this paper is to analyze the effects on regional manufacturing productivity of various external factors that characterize the economic, social, and institutional environments to which they belong. We define and distinguish here between homogeneous and urban heterogeneous external economies. Hypotheses of the existence and co-existence of the two types of external effects are formulated and tested for six manufacturing subsectors of the regions of 13 western EU countries from 1995 to 2004. Although the available data are far from optimal, the empirical analysis that they enable provides various insights that partly corroborate our conjectures. In particular, the results supply evidence of the generalized beneficial effects of urban heterogeneous agglomeration. They also reveal the complexity and sector-specificity of the effects of industry specialization patterns. 
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