Open AccessThe Spatial Distribution of Labour Force Participation and Market Earnings at the Sub-National Level in Ireland
Author(s) -
Karyn Morrissey,
Cathal O’Donoghue
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
review of economic analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1973-3909
DOI - 10.15353/rea.v3i1.1378
Subject(s) - earnings , microsimulation , distribution (mathematics) , economics , income distribution , labour economics , household income , calibration , spatial distribution , geography , accounting , inequality , remote sensing , mathematics , archaeology , transport engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis , statistics
The main aim of this paper is to provide a spatial modelling framework for labour force
participation and income estimation. The development of a household income distribution for Ireland had previously been hampered by the lack of disaggregated data on individual earnings. Spatial microsimulation through a process of calibration provides a method which allows one to recreate the spatial distribution LFP and household market income at the small area level. Further analysis examines the relationship between LFP, occupational type and market income at the small area level in Co. Galway Ireland.