Model-based classification of regional labour markets: for purposes of labour market policy

Uwe Blien (), Franziska Hirschenauer and Van Phan thi Hong

No 200629, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "In many countries fairly large and persistent regional disparities can be observed for a variety of economic indicators. Since these disparities can not be reduced to one single dimension, a classification system is needed to give a parsimonious overview. The article presents a system which is designed to assess labour market policy in Germany. The innovation in this article is the development of a procedure that combines the analysis of determinants of regional disparities with standard classification approaches. The procedure is designed to solve two problems of many existing classification schemes: firstly, their purely descriptive nature and secondly, their interpretation with relation to arbitrarily chosen classification variables. The proposed method is used to identify 12 types which show the regional diversity of labour markets in Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Ausbildungsabsolventen; berufliche Integration; Berufseinmündung; Clusteranalyse; Indikatorenbildung; Klassifikation; Klassifikationsmethode; Region; regionale Disparität; regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; regionaler Vergleich; Arbeitslose; Typologie; Arbeitsmarktforschung; Arbeitsmarktindikatoren; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Wirkungsforschung; 2001-2005 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R23 R50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2006
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