The present paper deals with the impact of manufacturing internationalisation, in the forms of
international trade, cooperation agreements – measured by inward and outward processing trade (IPT and
OPT, respectively) - and FDI, on the transport industry employment. Descriptive statistics and
econometric analysis are carried out at the “regional-industry” level (20 NUTS2 regions and 8 transport
sub-industries) with reference to Italy in the period 1996-2001. Results show that export, FDI and the
components of IPT (temporary import and re-export) positively affect the transport employment variation
in 1996-2001, while import and the components of OPT (temporary export and re-import) display a
negative impact.
