The employment activated by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in the construction sector at the regional level

Abstract This work estimates the regional employment generated by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) in the construction sector, based on the resources already assigned to new projects. These resources are associated with the creation of regional value added, estimated using a standard Leontief model applied to 2019 Input-Output tables. Then, the number of employees needed to reach the expected increase in production is derived. In the second part of the analysis, possible channels to satisfy the estimated labor demand are discussed, taking into account the regional heterogeneity in labor supply and workers’ mobility. JEL Classification: D57, J2, H50