2025/07/04 by Cristian Barra, Anna Papaccio · 3 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Demographic economics #Econometrics #Economic Growth and Productivity #Economic Policies and Impacts #Economic inequality #Economics #Inequality #Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues #Mathematics #Quality (philosophy) #Quantile #Quantile regression #Regression #Regression analysis #Statistics
paper · doi:10.1111/jors.70000
published in Journal of Regional Science 65(4), 1216-1236 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2025/07/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to determine whether the quality of Italian institutions is a significant factor in economic inequality and whether the result contributes to an explanation of the North‐South divide in Italy. To test our hypothesis, we use a quantile regression on regional data for Italy from 2004 to 2019. The results suggest that higher institutional quality plays a crucial role in reducing income inequality. This is particularly true in situations where income inequality is very high. Our empirical results were confirmed by a series of robustness checks, which also have important policy implications.