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1. WESSEL VERMEULEN
Junior Economist, OECD Trento Centre
COVID-19, behaviour, policy and economy:
Assessment on Trento and Bolzano using real-time
high-frequency public data
10 December 2020 | 16.00-17.30 CET | WebinarRecent socioeconomic trends in Trentino and Alto-Adige/South Tyrol, Italy
#spatialproductivity
2. • Comprehensive
• Local
• High-frequency and
up-to-date
Comprehensive, local, and high-frequency Analysis
COVID-19
Policy
Behaviour
& Economy
3. • US: most developed. EU: spotty
• This presentation: Bolzano and Trento, already highlights
discrepancies in data release and structure.
Can we do this for sub-national economies?
Indicator Source Scope
COVID-19 case counts DPC provincial daily
Behaviour Google Mobility reports Provincial daily
Labour market BZ/TN provincial admin. Provincial daily/monthly
CIGS (furlough) INPS Provincial monthly
Nitro dioxide emissions EEA Provincial daily
4. Mobility patterns are equal,
COVID-19 case trends differ between provinces
Between provinces
• Cases: close but not
equal
• Behaviour: practically
identical
Between waves:
• different patterns on
cases - mobility
7. Trento: Hiring response earlier and stronger.
• Feb – Mar: -50%
by April: -75%.
• Recovery by July.
• Agriculture least
affected
• Public sector biggest
negative and positive
swing.
8. Extensive use of furlough (CIGS) scheme especially
in sectors characterised by permanent contracts
11. • Economic consequences between wave 1 – 2, due to… (?)
– peoples behaviour
– government restrictions
• BZ and TN show similar broad patterns in labour market,
differ in sectoral reliance CIGS
• Real-time local economic analysis? Yes, for TN/BZ.
– Mobility and emissions vs observed employment
• Quick-Gain: harmonise sectoral breakdowns.
• Share widely: BZ experience of real-time web-app
Conclusion