Demetrio Panarello – University of Bologna, Department of Statistical Sciences “Paolo Fortunati”, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126
Bologna, Italy
Giorgio Tassinari – University of Bologna, Department of Statistical Sciences “Paolo Fortunati”, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126
Bologna, Italy
Keywords:
Stringency;
Employers;
Trade unions
Abstract: The diffusion of the pandemic and the severity of COVID-19-related measures were very uneven across regions; however, the intensity of the restrictions was not always tightly linked with the strength of the pandemic. Economic interests and business power might have played a role in defining political responses at the local level, which are in turn able to shape the intensity of work-related mobility. This article aims at investigating whether regional variations in the stringency of COVID-19-related measures have actual impacts on work-related mobility and whether there is an independent effect of the pressure exerted by unions and businesses, assuming mobility to be governed concurrently by stringency, pandemic intensity, and pressure. Through the analysis of original regional-level indicators of stringency and public pressure, we demonstrate that trade unions’ pressure is associated with a decrease in work-related mobility during the first COVID-19 wave in Italy.
6th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2022 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (University of Maribor, Slovenia), October 27, 2022
ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania
ITEMA Conference 2022 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-63-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2022
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Panarello, D., & Tassinari, G. (2022). Business Power and Mobility to Workplaces in Italian Regions during the First COVID-19 Wave. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), International Scientific Conference ITEMA 2022: Vol 6. Conference Proceedings (pp. 181-185). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2022.181
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