Economic geography of firms and skilled labor.

Autor/in	Takatsuka, Hajime
Titel	Economic geography of firms and skilled labor. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wirtschaftsgeografie der Firmen und qualifizierte Arbeit.
Quelle	In: Journal of regional science, 51 (2011) 4, S. 784-803 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4146; 1467-9787
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00724.x
Schlagwörter	Auslandsinvestition; Außenhandel; Standort; Theorie; Transaktionskosten; Unternehmen; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Arbeitsmobilität; Regionale Mobilität; Liberalisierung; Qualifikationsstruktur; Regionale Mobilität; Standort; Auslandsinvestition; Außenhandel; Standortwahl; Transaktionskosten; Unternehmen; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Ökonomische Determinanten; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitsmigration; Arbeitsmobilität; Qualifikationsstruktur; Liberalisierung; Standortfaktor; Theorie
Abstract	"This paper investigates the relationship between firm location and skilled-labor location. While existing new economic geography (NEG) models could not explicitly analyze the relationship due to their assumptions, I construct a new NEG-type model allowing for different location dynamics of firms and skilled labor for this objective. The main results are as follows. First, a relatively large pool of skilled labor attracts firms when trade costs are small, while it might repel firms when trade costs are sufficiently large. Second, assuming that skilled workers are mobile between regions, the model shows that skilled workers agglomerate faster than firms with decreasing trade costs. Third, the model supports the hypothesis that firms follow skilled labor rather than the reverse. These results are consistent to Indian and Chinese experiences, and some 'creative-class' or 'skilled-city' stories." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Forschungsmethode: Theoriebildung; Grundlagenforschung.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2