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Workers’ participation in regional economic change following establishment closure
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Economic History.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1413-3707
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Economic History.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Economic History.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3570-7690
Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8081-5095
2020 (English)In: Small Business Economics, ISSN 0921-898X, E-ISSN 1573-0913, Vol. 54, no 2, p. 589-604Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article analyses if and when workers affected by economic destruction in the form of establishment closures move to more productive or newly started establishments in the region, become self-employed, leave the region or become displaced. Results from multinominal probit models show that the majority of these workers face destructive employment outcomes from a Schumpeterian point of view compared to a matched sample of workers not subject to a closure. However, we do find indications of a creative destruction as a small, albeit significant, share become employed in young establishments. Different types of human capital influence the likelihood of triggering positive or negative regional outcomes. While higher education significantly decreases the risk for unemployment, high-income earners more often become engaged in creative outcomes. Firm tenure increases the likelihood of becoming employed in younger establishments. There are significant spatial differences where metropolitan regions excel as loci of creative change, whereas smaller and peripheral regions face far less creative outcomes of economic transformation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2020. Vol. 54, no 2, p. 589-604
Keywords [en]
Creative destruction, establishment closure, worker reallocation, regional transformation
National Category
Economic Geography Human Geography Economic History
Research subject
Social and Economic Geography; Economic History
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-146664DOI: 10.1007/s11187-018-0036-2ISI: 000518505800014Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85045254824Local ID: 881251-881253OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-146664DiVA, id: diva2:1198124
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2013-1313Available from: 2018-04-16 Created: 2018-04-16 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
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1. Rough starts and tough times: geographies of workers and firms in transition
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2021 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Economic change can lead to multiple and sometimes conflicting outcomes for workers, employers, and regions. At the center of economic change are the dynamic interactions among diverse workers and firms in specific labor market contexts. This thesis approached those spatial interactions from the perspective of labor market matching, where the different opportunities for workers and firms to match were investigated. This adds to the growing body of literature that seeks to understand what factors are behind the growing regional divergence in earnings and employment, and who is particularly impacted by the uneven labor market changes. 

To this end, the aim of this thesis was to analyze the regional patterns and outcomes for workers and firms in the labor market matching process. Four quantitative studies were conducted using data from Swedish administrative registers from 1995 to 2012. Given that the dynamics of labor market matching are complex, the studies approached the aim from different angles and for different groups of workers. In particular, the outcomes and patterns were investigated in relation to crucial periods for workers and firms, where frictions in labor market matching could potentially have particularly negative effects. The studies investigated earnings, employment, and hiring for young workers in low-paid jobs, for workers displaced by firm closures, and for new firms competing for survival. 

The empirical results indicate the importance of a flexible labor market that facilitates the matching process where individuals' existing competencies can be applied and developed. This is a particular challenge for workers who lose their jobs to establishment closures outside the large regions, since the results show that worse job matches and less productive re-employment opportunities are more common and can have particularly negative consequences in smaller and more peripheral regions. However, even if there are more job opportunities in larger regions, the results suggest the opportunities are not necessarily accessible to everyone. Results indicate that workers in low-wage jobs do not benefit from a boost in earnings in larger regions, which may put them in a precarious situation considering the higher cost of living in those regions. Lastly, the thesis highlights the importance of not only individual human capital in determining a job match, but also its relational dimension which captures how well different workers’ skills are matched to one another in the workplace. This was found to be associated with individual earnings recovery after plant closure and new firm survival. The findings call for policies that carefully combine supply- and demand-side approaches in economic development. 

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Umeå: Umeå universitet, 2021. p. 54
Series
GERUM, ISSN 1402-5205 ; 2021:1
Keywords
agglomerations, job matching, human capital, plant closure, firm survival
National Category
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182854 (URN)978-91-7855-568-0 (ISBN)978-91-7855-569-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2021-06-04, Hörsal UB A 220, Lindellhallen, Umeå, 10:15 (English)
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Available from: 2021-05-12 Created: 2021-05-07 Last updated: 2021-05-10Bibliographically approved

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