nep-geo New Economics Papers
on Economic Geography
Issue of 2022‒03‒14
four papers chosen by
Andreas Koch
Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung

  1. Spatial Wage Curves for Formal and Informal Workers in Turkey By Baltagi, Badi H.; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner
  2. An Investigation on Intercohort Income Inequalities and Millennials Impoverishment in Great Britains Regions By Sarandrea, Marco
  3. Evolution of the access to spatial data for environmental purposes By VANCAUWENBERGHE Glenn
  4. Ländliche Räume in NRW - Räume mit Zukunftsperspektiven. Schwerpunktthema "Wirtschaft und Arbeit": Teil-Positionspapier 1 By Arens, Stephanie; Bradtke, Alexandra; Claßen, Thomas; Danielzyk, Rainer; Droste, Bernd; Harteisen, Ulrich; Jaehrling, Heike; Jochimsen, Kerstin; Grabski-Kieron, Ulrike; Lippert, Pia; Schröteler-von Brandt, Hildegard; Simone Thiesing, Simone; Weidmann, Ralf; Wolf, André

  1. By: Baltagi, Badi H. (Syracuse University); Baskaya, Yusuf Soner (University of Glasgow)
    Abstract: This paper estimates spatial wage curves for formal and informal workers in Turkey using individual level data from the Turkish Household Labor Force Survey (THLFS) provided by TURKSTAT for the period 2008-2014. Unlike previous studies on wage curves for formal and informal workers, we extend the analysis to allow for spatial effects. We also consider household characteristics that would affect the selection into formal employment, informal employment, and non-employment. We find that the spatial wage curve relation holds both for formal and informal workers in Turkey for a variety of specifications. In general, the wages of informal workers are more sensitive to the unemployment rates of the same region and other regions than formal workers. We find that accounting for the selection into formal and informal employment affects the magnitudes but not the significance of the spatial wage curves for the formal and informal workers with the latter always being larger in absolute value than that for formal workers.
    Keywords: spatial wage curve, spatial weights, regional labor markets, informal labor markets
    JEL: C21 J30 J60
    Date: 2022–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp15060&r=
  2. By: Sarandrea, Marco (University of Warwick)
    Abstract: This paper investigates intercohort income inequalities and Millennials’ impoverishment in Great Britain between 1991 and 2018, focusing on the regional heterogeneity of the phenomena. Results show that Millennials’ cohorts (1980-1984 and 1985-1989) are the first ever to experience intercohort income regressions and that inequalities are extremely diverse among regions. Each cohort’s monthly incomes are compared to the previous cohort’s for Great Britain, England’s macro-areas and for Government offices for the regions (GORs). In Great Britain, the 1980-1984 cohort loses £144 each month compared to the 1975-1979 cohort. The cohort-on-cohort income reduction increases to £297 for the 1985-1989 cohort. In Northern England, Millennials experience intercohort income regressions only for the 1985-1989 cohort. In Southern England, the 1985-1989 cohort sees a higher intercohort income regression than the 1980-1984 cohort in absolute terms (- £368 for 1980-1984 versus - £425 for 1985-1989). The same happens in the North (+ £68 for 1980-1984 versus - £407 for 1985-1989), whereas in the Midlands regressions are constant for both cohorts (- £151 for 1980-1984 and - £148 for 1985-1989). The 1980-1984 cohort undergoes a substantial cohort-on-cohort income loss only in four GORs, even enjoying income increases in three GORs.
    Keywords: Economic Geography ; Regional Inequality ; Spatial ; Intergenerational Income Distribution ; Intergenerational Mobility JEL Classification: R12 ; E24 ; J62
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wrk:wrkesp:30&r=
  3. By: VANCAUWENBERGHE Glenn
    Abstract: This study investigates how different user communities in Europe are accessing and using spatial data, the problems they are facing and how they see the impact of various policy initiatives on improving the accessibility and usability of data. The study looks at the past, present, and future of accessing and using spatial data in Europe from a user-centric perspective by collecting information on different user groups' experiences, views, and opinions. The study is based on a survey of spatial data users and practitioners in the spatial data community in Europe. This survey was primarily targeted at persons and organisations using spatial data for environmental purposes and particularly at practitioners involved in preparing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) reports. However, also other stakeholders in the geospatial domain participated in the survey. The results and findings of the survey enhance our understanding of how Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) and INSPIRE, in particular, should evolve towards data ecosystems and contribute to establishing data spaces.The study shows that while past and ongoing European policy initiatives clearly contributed to improving the accessibility, usability, and sharing of spatial data in Europe, certain barriers and problems remain and hinder the access and use of spatial data. The establishment of data spaces should ensure that particular user communities have access to all the data needed to support their core processes.
    Keywords: Spatial data, environmental assessment, Spatial Data Infrastructures, user perspective, data spaces, policies, data availability, data accessibility, data usability, interoperability
    Date: 2022–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc126750&r=
  4. By: Arens, Stephanie; Bradtke, Alexandra; Claßen, Thomas; Danielzyk, Rainer; Droste, Bernd; Harteisen, Ulrich; Jaehrling, Heike; Jochimsen, Kerstin; Grabski-Kieron, Ulrike; Lippert, Pia; Schröteler-von Brandt, Hildegard; Simone Thiesing, Simone; Weidmann, Ralf; Wolf, André
    Abstract: Dieses Teil-Positionspapier fokussiert das Themenfeld "Wirtschaft und Arbeit". Es steht im Zusammenhang mit den parallel erarbeiteten Positionspapieren der Arbeitsgruppe der ARL-Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft NRW und trägt mit diesen zusammen dazu bei, Zukunftsperspektiven ländlicher Räume in Nordrhein-Westfalen vorzustellen. In Nordrhein-Westfalen tragen die ländlichen Räume - ungeachtet großer regionaler Differenziertheit - maßgeblich zur wirtschaftlichen Leistungskraft des Landes bei. Im regionalen Wettbewerb positionieren sie sich zunehmend mit eigenen regional-ökonomischen Profilen, regionalspezifischen Stärken und Potenzialen. Maßgebliche Herausforderungen für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und für den Wandel der ländlichen Arbeitswelten ergeben sich neben dem Klimawandel aus dem demographischen Wandel, der Zunahme von Nutzungskonkurrenzen, der Digitalisierung sowie aus dem Agrarstrukturwandel. Die Corona-Pandemie setzt aktuell zusätzliche Akzente, deren Folgewirkungen noch nicht vollständig absehbar sind. Als Ergebnis kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit den Herausforderungen sehen die Autorinnen und Autoren Zukunftsperspektiven ländlicher Räume als Wirtschaftsräume in NRW maßgeblich begründet in fünf Themenfeldern. Sie beziehen sich auf ein verändertes Verständnis von Wachstum, die Fachkräftesicherung und -bindung als zentraler Faktor wirtschaftlicher Stabilität und Entwicklungsfähigkeit, auf Handlungsoptionen zur Entschärfung des Problems von Flächenverfügbarkeiten und -konkurrenzen, auf veränderte, regional angepasste Konzeptionen von Wirtschaftsförderung und nicht zuletzt auf einen zukunftsweisenden Umgang mit einem sich weiter ausdifferenzierenden Agrarsektor und einer sich verändernden Rolle von Landwirtschaft in der Gesellschaft. Die genannten Themenfelder werden in fünf Kernforderungen vorgestellt und erläutert. Empfehlungen zu jeweils daran geknüpften Handlungsfeldern runden die Abhandlung ab.
    Keywords: Wirtschaftsraum,Wirtschaftsförderung,nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung,Regional- und Kommunalplanung,Regionalentwicklung,Flächenkonkurrenz,Flächenqualität,Standortentwicklung,Fachkräftesicherung und -bindung,Aus- und Weiterbildung,Akzeptanz,regionale Landwirtschaft,regionales Ernährungssystem,Economic region,economic development,sustainable economic development,regional and municipal planning,regional development,competition for land,land quality,regional development,securing and retaining skilled workers,education and training,acceptance,regional agriculture,regional food system
    Date: 2022
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:arlpos:129&r=

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