Abstract
This paper focuses on the analysis on income inequality in Italy at the municipal level of the areas defined by the National Strategy for Inner Areas. We discuss an analysis of the economic and spatial dynamics of the phenomenon through the construction of the Gini’s coefficient and the estimation of the regression model for the evaluation of the determinants of inequality. We highlight the influence of the spatial dimension on income inequality in Italy. Inequality appears to be greater in densely populated urban centers with a strong incidence of tertiary activities and young population. Conversely, in the inner areas, the distribution of income is more balanced due probably to the weakness of the social and economic structure that determines low levels of income and job opportunities mainly in the agricultural sector.
Highlights
This paper proposes a reflection on income inequality in its spatial characterization at the municipal level, starting from the classification of the National Strategy for Inner Areas (NSIA) proposed in Italy [1,2]
The choice of the disaggregation of data at the municipal level and the role of the NSIA classification—which focuses on the role of citizenship rights, overcoming the traditional dichotomous urban rural reading linked to density and concentration—are placed in an attempt to provide measures and mappings that enrich the reflection on inequalities by integrating the centrality of the spatial perspective
This contribution highlighted the influence of the spatial dimension on income inequality in Italy
Summary
This paper proposes a reflection on income inequality in its spatial characterization at the municipal level, starting from the classification of the National Strategy for Inner Areas (NSIA) proposed in Italy [1,2]. The territory plays a key role in the analysis of disparities, in particular at the geographical scale, the analysis at municipal level crosses with specific functional units This approach can help address some crucial issues in the regional studies debate. This contribution presents a spatial analysis of inequalities on a territorial scale and represents an advance compared to previous studies conducted at the national level limited to the north–south comparison [34,38,39] or to some geographical areas [2,40,41,42].
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