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REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET RESEARCH ON PARTICIPATION RATES
Author(s) -
ELHORST J. PAUL
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1998.tb01551.x
Subject(s) - interdependence , dimension (graph theory) , perspective (graphical) , economics , population , economic geography , econometrics , regional science , geography , sociology , social science , demography , mathematics , geometry , pure mathematics
This article reviews the methodology of 17 empirical studies in which the participation rate has been estimated with the help of regional data. After defining and pointing out the orientation of regional labour market research on participation rates, three methodological issues dominate the discussion and eventually the conclusions: the extent to which the participation rate of the population of working age should be disaggregated to subpopulations; the theoretical foundation of the independent variables of the regional participation rate; and the spatial dimension of a participation rate equation being estimated from a regional perspective, the latter covering the delineation of regions, the modelling of regional interdependencies and spatial heterogeneity.