An evolutionary approach to the delimitation of labour market areas: an empirical application for Chile. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Casado-Díaz, José Manuel; Martínez-Bernabéu, Lucas; Rowe, Francisco
• Is Part Of: Spatial economic analysis. Volume 12:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 379
• Page End: 403
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: evolutionary computation -- labour market areas -- travel-to-work areas -- Chile; 演化计算 -- 劳动市场范围 -- 通勤范围 -- 智利; calcul évolutionnaire -- zones du marché du travail -- zones de déplacements à destination du lieu de travail -- Chili; computación evolutiva -- áreas del mercado laboral -- cuencas de empleo -- Chile; J61 -- O54 -- R12 -- R58; Space in economics -- Periodicals; Economic geography -- Periodicals; Space in economics -- Econometric models -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Periodicals; Espace (Économie politique) -- Périodiques; Économétrie -- Périodiques; Géographie économique -- Périodiques; Économie industrielle -- Périodiques; Économie du travail -- Périodiques; Économie urbaine -- Périodiques; Politique économique -- Périodiques; Relations économiques internationales -- Périodiques; 330.9
• DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2017.1273541
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-1772

Abstract

ABSTRACT: An evolutionary approach to the delimitation of labour market areas: an empirical application for Chile. Spatial Economic Analysis . Labour market areas (LMAs) are argued to represent a more appropriate policy framework than administrative units for the analysis of spatial labour market activity. This article develops LMAs for Chile by applying an evolutionary computation approach. This innovative approach defines LMAs through an optimization process by maximization of internal cohesion, subject to restrictions of minimum levels of self-containment and population. To evaluate the appropriateness of the LMAs, comparative analyses are performed between alternative delimitations based on different parameter configurations of the proposed method versus administrative boundaries and the most widely used method for official LMA delimitation, the travel-to-work areas method.