Has concentration evolved similarly in manufacturing and services? A sensitivity analysis

Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (), Rosina Moreno () and Esther Vaya-Valcarce ()
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Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela: Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona
Esther Vaya-Valcarce: Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona

No 200708, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: Our first objective is to compare the degree of concentration in manufacturing and services, with special emphasis on its evolution in these two sectors, using a sensitivity analysis for different concentration indices and different geographic units of analysis: municipalities and local labour systems of Catalonia in 1991 and 2001. Most concentration measures fail to consider the space in which a particular municipality is located. Our second objective is to overcome this problem by applying two different techniques: by using a clustering measure, and by analysing whether the location quotients computed for each municipality and sector present some kind of spatial autocorrelation process. We take special account of the differences in patterns of concentration according to the technological level of the sectors.

Keywords: Geographic concentration; Manufacturing; Services; Local Labour Systems; Spatial Econometrics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 L80 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2007-04, Revised 2007-04
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