Integrating decomposition approaches for the analysis of temporal changes in economic structure: an application to Chicago's economy from 1980 to 2000

Dong Guo (), Geoffrey Hewings and Michael Sonis

Economic Systems Research, 2005, vol. 17, issue 3, 297-315

Abstract: This paper presents an attempt to integrate two flow decomposition methods to analyse temporal changes in a region's economic structure. The two methods of structural analysis are push-pull decomposition analysis and structural Q-analysis. Push-pull analysis presents a quasi-optimization decomposition of a set of matrices with actual intersectoral economic flows into a weighted set of matrices, while structural Q-analysis provides a form in which the structure of these decomposed flows can be considered. The paper provides an expository application to Chicago's economic structure over the period of 1980 to 2000, to reveal a complementary perspective of hollowing-out the production process in the Chicago economy that was identified in previous studies.

Keywords: Push-pull analysis; structural Q-analysis; hollowing-out process; Chicago economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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