Overman, Henry G. and Puga, Diego (2008) Labour pooling as a source of agglomeration: an empirical investigation. SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0006. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
We provide empirical evidence on the role of labour market pooling in determining the spatial concentration of UK manufacturing establishments. This role arises because large concentrations of employment iron out idiosyncratic shocks and improve establishments’ ability to adapt their employment to good and bad times. We measure the likely importance of labour pooling by calculating the fluctuations in employment of individual establishments relative to their sector and averaging by sector. Our results show that sectors whose establishments experience more idiosyncratic volatility are more spatially concentrated, even after controlling for a range of other industry characteristics that include a novel measure of the importance of localized intermediate suppliers.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/publication... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Henry Overman and Diego Puga |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Departments > Geography and Environment Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Collections > Economists Online |
| Identification Number: | SERCDP0006 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2011 12:58 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/33149/ |
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