Search results for " Statistica economica"

Micro and Macro Resilience Measures of an Economic Crisis

2020

Using Italian Households Budget Survey data over the period 1997-2013, a Cragg model in a life-cycle context is specified to compare the consumption behaviour in the pre- and post-crisis time and develop different micro and macro measures of resilience against crisis shocks. Cohort profiles for participation in and for consumption of tourism services in the pre- and post-crisis time are determined so as to explore the households’ resilience by generations. Next, the households’ resilience according to socio-demographic characteristics is addressed. As for the macro-resilience, combining individual expenditure elasticity, we examine whether and how Italian regions have responded to the recen…

Family Structure and Subjective Economic Well-Being: Some New Evidence

2013

The paper investigates the main socio-demographic and economic determinants of subjective economic well-being in different typologies of households. Previous studies have used dummy variables to explore the effect of family structure. In this paper, however four different models—one for each family typology—have been estimated to test if each selected explanatory variable is significant and how it acts in determining the level of subjective economic well-being. To achieve this, we apply an under-used logit model—the partial proportional ordered model. Our analysis, based on data from the 2005 Italian Survey on Income and Living Conditions highlights the main variables affecting the subjecti…

The determinants of subjective economic well-being: an analysis on Italian-Silc data

2011

Using Italian data on Income and living conditions for the year 2005, the paper investigates the main determinants of households’ subjective economic well-being by means of a Partial Proportional Ordered Logit Model. According to a joint subjective and objective perspective of analysis, we use as dependent variable the perceived ability of households to make ends meet. Whereas, we use as explanatory variables some objective aspects of living conditions relating to housing, financial equilibrium, possession of durables and quality of residence place and some socio-demographic characteristics. The empirical results show that the financial strain is the most relevant dimension of living condit…

La misurazione della performance dei distretti turistici: una proposta

2014

Il presente lavoro si propone di affrontare il tema della valutazione di impatto territoriale dell'esperienza distrettuale.

The territories of tourism: a reflection about the experience of the Tourist Districts (Local Tourism Systems) in Sicily

2013

The tourist district is an important tool for territorial governance of regional tourism. The district is a type of Local System which is characterized by its multidimensionality, as well as the spatial contiguity of traders who belong to it. The territory is a space transformed by social interactions and relations of production: it is therefore the indispensable reference for measuring the impact of tourism. A bottom up approach in the process of identification of the districts is therefore vital. A Balance Score Card-approach is desirable to correctly manage this process. This study is a preliminary analysis derived from direct experience of the Sicilian tourist districts, recently formed…

Influenza del capitale umano nelle realtà economiche locali. Problemi di valutazione

2009

Il concetto di Capitale Umano si riferisce alla conoscenza, alle abilità e alle competenze degli individui. Negli ultimi trenta anni l’analisi economica ha rivolto una crescente attenzione alla definizione e alla valutazione dei molteplici aspetti che lo studio del capitale umano comporta, anche in relazione all’importanza dell’entità e della qualità del capitale umano per lo sviluppo di un sistema sociale. Nella maggior parte degli studi effettuati sull’argomento il capitale umano viene misurato sulla base del livello di istruzione raggiunto ma, in anni recenti, si è fatto ricorso a misure più complesse che tengono conto di altre variabili socio-economiche, come le caratteristiche dell’amb…

Capitale umano e Capitale sociale: una relazione significativa

2007

Inequalities in Consumption Patterns over the Life Cycle and during the Great Recession

2015

The aim of the study is to analyse the relationship between recession, population structure and consumption behaviour over the life cycle. To this aim, we consider three clusters of non-durable expenditures such as food at home, work-related and core expenditures. The analysis has been performed on micro data on the Household Budgets for the period 1997-2013. Based on life cycle theory, two statistical models has been estimated, viz. a pre-crisis (1997-2007) and a great recession period (2008-2013) model. The study shows that the recession has entailed a reduction of the average expenditure for each category of consumption, and the intensity of the reduction is different among households an…

Effetti territoriali e decisioni di spesa turistica: alcune evidenze sulle famiglie italiane

2014

Demographic change, tourism expenditure and life cycle behavior

2015

Abstract The paper explores how demographic changes in human populations may impact on tourism decision-making of households over their life cycle. By means of hurdle models, the study focuses respectively on the decision to travel domestically or abroad and investigates if statistically significant differences exist as to the impact of age and cohort on the decision to travel and tourism expenditure. Using a vast dataset on Italian Household Expenditures over the period 1997–2007 the empirical results show that demographic aspects do have a strong effect on the tourism behaviour of families and that cohort and age effects act differently on the decision of households to make a trip and on …