Business Power and Mobility to Workplaces in Italian Regions during the First COVID-19 Wave
Business Power and Mobility to Workplaces in Italian Regions during the First COVID-19 Wave

Author(s): Demetrio Paparello, Giorgio Tassinari
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Stringency; Employers; Trade unions
Summary/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.

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