How regions diversify into new jobs: From related industries or related occupations?
Jason Deegan,
Tom Broekel (),
Silje Haus-Reve and
Rune Fitjar
No 2409, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography
Abstract:
This paper adds a multidimensional perspective to the study of related diversification. We examine how regions diversify into new jobs – defined as unique industry-occupation combinations – asking whether they do so from related industries or related occupations. We use linked employer-employee data for all labour market regions in Norway, covering the time period 2009 –2014. Diversification into new jobs is more likely in the presence of related occupations and industries in a region. Furthermore, occupational and industrial relatedness have complementary effects on diversification. Occupational relatedness and its interaction with industrial relatedness are particularly important for diversification into more complex activities.
Keywords: Regional capabilities; jobs; occupations; relatedness; diversification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 O18 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-04, Revised 2024-04
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