Spatial division of labor in Chile 1992-2002

Miguel Atienza (), Marcelo Lufin and Mauricio Sarrias
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Miguel Atienza: IDEAR - Department of Economics, Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile

No 16, Documentos de Trabajo en Economia y Ciencia Regional from Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile, Department of Economics

Abstract: The article describes functional specialization of the Chilean municipalities ("comunas"), controlling for their industrial mix between 1992 and 2002 with information from the Population and Housing Censuses. The analysis of global and local spatial auto-correlation of indices of functional specialization shows the existence of a pattern of spatial division of labor characterized by the strong specialization of the Metropolitan Region in occupations of higher cognitive-cultural skills. In contrast, the other "comunas" are specialized in routine physical functions that require medium or low levels of qualification. This pattern raises doubts about the validity of the current development strategy of the country.

Keywords: Division of labor; industrial mix; occupational mix; regional inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 O15 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2012-03, Revised 2012-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-lam and nep-ure
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