(Un)Related Variety and Employment Growth at the Sub-Regional Level

Matthias Firgo and Peter Mayerhofer

No 1604, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Empirical results on the link between growth and diversity in (un)related industries proved to be highly dependent on the specific regional and temporal context. Making use of highly disaggregated employment data at the sub-regional level, we find that higher employment growth in Austria is mainly linked to unrelated variety. However, in-depth analyses by sectors and regional regimes illustrate substantial heterogeneity in the results, mainly driven by the service sector and by a large number of relatively small regions. Thus, our results argue against structural policy conclusions based on assessments across all economic sectors or different types of regions.

Keywords: related variety; specialization; knowledge spillovers; employment growth; structural policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 J24 O33 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03, Revised 2016-03
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Journal Article: (Un)related variety and employment growth at the sub‐regional level (2018)
Working Paper: (Un-)Related Variety and Employment Growth at the Sub-Regional Level (2016)
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