Fondazione GRINS
Growing Resilient,
Inclusive and Sustainable
Galleria Ugo Bassi 1, 40121, Bologna, IT
C.F/P.IVA 91451720378
Finanziato dal Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR), Missione 4 (Infrastruttura e ricerca), Componente 2 (Dalla Ricerca all’Impresa), Investimento 1.3 (Partnership Estese), Tematica 9 (Sostenibilità economica e finanziaria di sistemi e territori).



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This paper studies the redistributive consequences of digitalisation, highlighting urbanisation economies as catalysts of wage inequalities. Digitalisation generates productivity and reinstatement effects, whose balance can vary across occupations and settlement type, increasing wage inequalities among occupational groups within regions. Occupation-specific ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions using cross-sectional data on Italian cities (NUTS3 regions) in the period 2012–2019 show low-skilled workers facing displacement and negative productivity effects, particularly in non-urban contexts. High-skilled workers in urban environments enjoy increased labour demand and wages. Consequently, urban areas experience sharper wage inequalities as digital technologies spread, concentrating wealth and amplifying disparities among occupational groups.
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This study was funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU, in the framework of the GRINS - Growing Resilient, INclusive and Sustainable project (GRINS PE00000018). The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, nor can the European Union be held responsible for them.
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