Geographies of Low-Income Jobs: The concentration of low-income jobs, the knowledge economy and labor market polarization in Sweden, 1990-2018.

Autor/inn/en	Borries, Alvaro von; Grillitsch, Markus; Lundquist, Karl-Johan
Institution	Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy
Titel	Geographies of Low-Income Jobs: The concentration of low-income jobs, the knowledge economy and labor market polarization in Sweden, 1990-2018. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Geographien von Arbeitsplätzen mit niedrigem Einkommen: Die Konzentration von Arbeitsplätzen mit niedrigem Einkommen, die wissensbasierte Wirtschaft und die Polarisierung des Arbeitsmarktes in Schweden, 1990-2018.
Quelle	Lund (2022), 31 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Papers in innovation studies / CIRCLE, Lund University. 2022,04
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Arbeitsmarkt; Einkommensverteilung; Soziale Ungleichheit; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Schweden; Entwicklung; Qualifikation; Segmentierung; Informationswirtschaft; Niedriglohn; Segmentierung; Einkommensverteilung; Niedriglohn; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Arbeitsmarkt; Qualifikation; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Informationswirtschaft; Arbeitspapier; Einflussfaktor; Entwicklung; Regionaler Vergleich; Regionalverteilung; Schweden
Abstract	"In this paper we explore the (changing) spatial concentration of low-income jobs throughout the last 30 years in Sweden, a period that has been characterized by the rise of what has become known as the knowledge economy. In particular, we describe (map) and try to understand what drives the concentration of low-income jobs in certain regions and how that has changed in time. We observe an overall decrease of the prevalence of low-income jobs during the last three decades. Moreover, regions have also converged, meaning that the great differentiator between places is less and less about how many low-income jobs they host, but how many very well paid there are. We also find that labor market polarization does not seem to lead to a greater incidence of low-income jobs when measured against a threshold related to the national income distribution, but, as expected, it does when we move towards a regional threshold, thus accounting for regional income differences. Finally, regions with a larger knowledge economy have tended to have a lower incidence of low-income jobs, both measured with respect to the national and to the regional income. This points towards the knowledge economy being a source of regional prosperity either through the upgrading of jobs or rising the wages of low- income workers. Despite all the discourse about the degradation of the Nordic model, we provide some evidence for it to be still working in Sweden under this new and complex knowledge-dominated era." The study refers to the period 1990-2018. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1