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Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth. Regional Studies. This paper studies the causal relations between regional employment growth in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and overall regional employment growth using German labour-market data for 1999–2012. Adopting a recently developed technique, it uses a structural vector autoregressive model in which the causal directions between KIBS and other sectors are examined including various time lags. Results show that although regional growth has a negative short-term effect on KIBS, KIBS growth has a long-term positive effect on the whole regional economy. This confirms the claim that KIBS can play a key role in regional policies.

Source: Regional Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1265104

Authors: Thomas Brenner, Marco Capasso, Matthias Duschl, Koen Frenken, Tania Treibich

Institutions: Philipps University of Marburg, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Maastricht University, Lund University, Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Regional Economic Trends and Sectoral Structure

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2220202789

FWCI: 10.12

Cites: 73

Cited by: 54

Related to: 10