(Un)linking industrial path development and development outcomes through asset mobilization: The decline of the territorial embeddedness of labor in mining regions

Miguel Atienza, Marcelo Lufin and Moritz Breul

No 2417, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: New industrial paths do not necessarily translate into regional economic development. This study focuses on how asset mobilization for new industrial paths contributes to economic development. We analyze the mining service supplier industry in Antofagasta (Chile) from 1974 to 2021 and how changing human capital mobilization affected regional development opportunities. The declining territorial embeddedness of mining-related workers through long-distance commuting has weakened the mechanisms that translate path development into regional economic development. The study highlights the value of a multi-scalar focus on asset mobilization processes to improve our understanding of what kind of regional development is generated by new paths.

Date: 2024-05, Revised 2024-05
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