This paper investigates the structure of inter-firm worker mobility in an industrial region of Northern Italy using complex network analysis applied to linked employer-employee data. The empirical network reveals a small-world pattern based critically on a small number of hub firms that keep the labour market integrated. Focal firms are: (1) long-established manufacturing companies; (2) wholesalers; and (3) companies that supply workforce to third parties. The paper discusses the immediate policy implications of these findings as well as the potential of the methodology as a monitoring tool to guide industrial policies aimed at safeguarding and promoting labour reallocation mechanisms.
GIANELLE Carlo;
2013-10-24
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS
JRC70165
0034-3404,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2012.697993,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC70165,
10.1080/00343404.2012.697993,
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