Inter-industrial relations and sectoral employment development in German regions

Julia Kowalewski
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Julia Rose

No 127, HWWI Research Papers from Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Abstract: This paper aims to find evidence for the positive impact of cluster structures on employment development in Germany. It develops a new way of measuring the co-location of suppliers and buyers of intermediate goods in a region as well as the importance for the employment development in individual industries. The findings indicate that co-location of inter-connected industries did have a positive effect on employment growth in 16 out of 56 industries between 1998 and 2007 supporting the assumption that agglomeration advantages tend to occur within regional clusters rather than within single industries. However, for the majority of industries such advantages cannot be identified.

Keywords: input-output; shift-share; regional cluster; employment development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J49 R12 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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