Industry space and skill-relatedness of economic activities: comparative case studies of three eastern German automotive regions

Anne Otto and Antje Weyh
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Anne Otto: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Antje Weyh: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201408, IAB-Forschungsbericht from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "The resilience and growth prospects of a region depend crucially on the extent to which industry-specific human capital can be redeployed across the industries of a regional economy. To this end, we present a toolbox to analyse a region's industrial structure, development prospects and economic resilience. With the help of this toolbox human capital similarities, or skill-relatedness, among industries are highlighted. The core of these analyses is the so-called industry space, a network that connects industries with similar human capital requirements. For the time period 1999 to 2008, a regional comparative analysis of three eastern German automobile regions, namely south-west Saxony (SWS), Eisenach region (EIS) and Leipzig region (LEI), is conducted. The objective is to highlight similarities and differences in the composition of the general automobile-oriented knowledge bases between these regions. In addition, the region-specific growth prospects of economic activities, in general and with a closer look at car manufacturers and automotive suppliers, are scrutinized and evaluated in greater detail for each region. This regional comparison is complemented by an investigation of the regional and industrial origins of labour inflows and by a simulation of labour shifts between shrinking and growing industries to figure out as to what extent redundant labour can be reallocated between skillrelated pairs of industries in each region under examination." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Südwestsachsen; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Eisenach; Leipzig; Sachsen; Thüringen; Automobilindustrie; Innovation; Netzwerk; Qualifikationsstruktur; Regionalentwicklung; Resilienz; Wirtschaftsstruktur; Wirtschaftszweige; Zulieferer; 1999-2008 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2014
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