Do jobs follow people or people follow jobs? A meta-analysis of Carlino–Mills studies. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoogstra, Gerke J.; van Dijk, Jouke; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.
• Is Part Of: Spatial economic analysis. Volume 12:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 357
• Page End: 378
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Population–employment interaction -- jobs–people causality -- simultaneous equations -- adjustment model -- Carlino–Mills model -- meta-analysis; 人口—就业互动 -- 工作—人的因果关系 -- 联立方程式 -- 调适模型 -- 卡利诺—米尔斯模型 -- 元分析; interaction population–emploi -- causalité emplois–gens -- équations simultanées -- modèle d'ajustement -- modèle de Carlino–Mills -- méta-analyse; interacción entre población y empleo -- causalidad entre trabajos y personas -- ecuaciones simultáneas -- modelo de ajuste -- modelo Carlino-Mills -- metaanálisis; C3 -- O18 -- R11 -- R14 -- R23; 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: 10.1080/17421772.2017.1340663
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-1772

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Do jobs follow people or people follow jobs? A meta-analysis of Carlino–Mills studies. Spatial Economic Analysis . This study examines the classic question as to whether 'jobs follow people' or 'people follow jobs' by performing a meta-analysis of 321 results from 64 Carlino–Mills studies. It is found that the results are highly divergent, but that more results point towards 'jobs following people' than towards 'people following jobs'. When it comes to the reasons for the variation in results, we find that the results are mostly shaped by the geographical location, spatial resolution, and population and employment characteristics present in the data, as well as by the model's specification, its functional form and the spatial weight matrix specification.