Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75797 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 414
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
By focusing on the Italian experience, we ask whether the relationship between labor taxes and unemployment varies across regions. In spite of similar national labor market institutions, we show that this relationship is significantly stronger in the highly industrialized North than in the under-developed South, where unemployment is much higher. An important source of variation in the regional responsiveness of unemployment originates from the fact that regional gross wages in the North increase more than in the South in response to a hike in labor taxes. Regional wage setting affects regional employment (and unemployment) both directly and indirectly, via its impact on regional profits and the capital stock.
Subjects: 
Regional unemployment
labor taxes
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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