Urban versus Rural Firms
Is there a Spatial Heterogeneity of Labour Demand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4138856 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Pierre Huiban (INRA ESR Dijon, BP87999 Dijon Cedex, France, corresponding author), Cecile Detang-Dessendre (0000-0002-4386-8710, INRA ESR Dijon, BP87999 Dijon Cedex, France, corresponding author), Francis Aubert (0000-0001-8298-3423, INRA ESR Dijon, BP87999 Dijon Cedex, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2033-2045 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a36207 |
| OpenAlex | W2049977652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper analyses the spatial heterogeneity of labour demand. Our main assumption is that for each location there is a combination of factors which is the most efficient, given the endowment of the location in terms of technology access and the relative cost of factors. We estimate our model using a panel of more than 1000 industrial firms over a six-year period. The contribution of skilled labour is emphasised in the firms located in urban areas, unskilled labour in rural firms, and capital in periurban units. The functional distribution of jobs also plays a discriminating role: direct production and similar functions seem to be more concentrated in periurban and rural areas, whereas tertiary functions are clearly assigned to urban units. We then make conclusions as to the existence of different technical paths of growth, with high productivity growth and a dramatic decline of demand for unskilled labour in urban areas, and the maintenance of a labour-intensive method of production in rural areas
Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Endowment · Geography · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Panel data · Productivity · Rural area · Supply and demand · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |