Relationships between territories for development policies: input-output analysis and production chains approach applied to the Local Employment Systems of Tuscany

The growth of territorial gaps in mature developing countries, adding to the critical issues associated with the transition from an industrial to a tertiary economy, calls for reflection on the need for new and more effective development policies.

In this paper we propose to use input-output analysis and the production chain approach to analyze socio-economic relations between territories at the local scale, using the partition of Local Labor Systems for Tuscany, from which to derive more stringent indications for the construction of targeted development policies.

JEL codes: R11, R12, R15
Keywords: Local Development Policies, Input-Output Analysis, Value Chains, Labour Market Areas, Territorial socio-economic relations

The growth of territorial gaps in mature economies, which adds to the critical issues associated with the transition from an industrial to a tertiary production structure, requires reflection on the need for new and more effective development policies.

In this work it is proposed to use the input-output analysis and the value chains approach to analyze the socio-economic relations between the territories at the local scale, using the partition of the Labour Market Areas for Tuscany, to derive more accurate indications for the construction of targeted development policies.