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

Brenner, Thomas ; Capasso, Marco ; Duschl, Matthias ; Frenken, Koen LU and Treibich, Tania (2018) In Regional Studies 52(2). p.172-183
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... (More)

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.

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financial geography, growth spillovers, industrial dynamics, knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), regional employment growth
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Regional Studies
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52
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2
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172 - 183
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Taylor & Francis
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0034-3404
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10.1080/00343404.2016.1265104
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