Book of Short Papers - 3rd Italian Conference on Economic Statistics (ICES 2025) "Sustainability, Innovation and Digitalization: Statistical Measurement for Economic Analysis"

This volume collects selected short papers presented at the 3rd Italian Conference on Economic Statistics (ICES), held at the University of Naples Parthenope (Italy) on 13-14 February 2025. The contributions offer an overview of recent developments and applications of statistical methodologies in the analysis of economic phenomena, with a particular focus on the themes of sustainability, innovation, and digitalization. These dimensions, central to contemporary social and policy agendas, call for the adoption of advanced methods and robust analytical tools to support informed, data-driven decision-making. In this context, the integration of new data sources and the use of cutting-edge techniques open new opportunities and improve the accuracy and timeliness of economic forecasts and policy assessments. The conference explored these challenges, focusing on the latest innovations in technological development and productivity while addressing the labour market, sustainability, and digitalization. The papers included in this volume reflect the richness of the conference program, covering topics such as: innovation, technological development, and productivity; labour market, entrepreneurship, and digitalization; big data for economic, financial, and business decision-making; advances in spatial data analysis for economics; statistical models and deep learning methods for time-series in economics and finance; tourism and overtourism; advanced statistical models for policy impact assessment; data and indicators for sustainability analysis.