Spatio-sectoral heterogeneity and population-employment dynamics: Some implications for territorial development

Luisa Alamá-Sabater, Miguel Márquez and Emili Tortosa-Ausina

No 2020/24, Working Papers from Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain)

Abstract: Grounded in the general equilibrium framework of regional adjustment models, this paper studies how the spatial distribution of sectoral employment can affect the intra-regional spatial location of population, and so affect territorial development. Although spatial interactions, spatial heterogeneity and sectoral heterogeneity have been introduced in these models, no empirical studies can be found that reveal how spatio-sectoral heterogeneity affects the intra-regional distribution of population and jobs. This paper explores this effect through a complex set of interdependencies among the regional population, the employment in the regional economic sectors and their respective regional neighbours within the different regional typologies (urban, semi-urban and rural areas), as suggested by the concept of proximity developed by (58). We use a system of simultaneous equations to focus on the phenomenon of rural depopulation for the 542 municipalities of the Valencian region (Spain). The results provide evidence for the relevance of spatio-sectoral dynamics, suggesting that reversing depopulation in rural areas depends strongly on the services sector.

Keywords: depopulation; neighbours; population dynamics; sectoral employment; spatial effects; territorial development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 O18 O21 R1 R23 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2020
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