 Unraveling the network of extractive industriesLenin Balza (), Camilo De Los Rios, Alfredo Guerra, Luis Omar Herrera-Prada and Osmel Manzano Mazzali Resources Policy, 2023, vol. 85, issue PB Abstract: This paper analyzes extractive industries in Colombia and their connections to other economic activities in the country. We use detailed social security data on all formal employees to create an industry skill-relatedness measure using labor flows between industries. Drawing on the vast network analysis literature, we exploit centrality measures to reveal the importance of the extractive sector among Colombian industries. Our results show that extractive industries are well connected within the Colombian industrial network and are central overall and within their clusters. We also find that extractive industries have stronger linkages with manufacturing and agriculture than with other sectors. In addition, we find that a higher relatedness to extractive activities is correlated with lower levels of employment, especially for female workers. Keywords: Network analysis; Extractive industries; Labor flows; Latin Amer-ica (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:85:y:2023:i:pb:s0301420723005342 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103823 Access Statistics for this article Resources Policy is currently edited by R. G. Eggert More articles in Resources Policy from Elsevier |
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