Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth. Issue 2 (1st February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brenner, Thomas; Capasso, Marco; Duschl, Matthias; Frenken, Koen; Treibich, Tania
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 52:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 183
• Publication Date: 2018-02-01
• Subjects: regional employment growth -- growth spillovers -- knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) -- industrial dynamics -- financial geography; 区域就业成长 -- 成长外溢 -- 知识密集商业服务（KIBS） -- 產业动态 -- 金融地理学; croissance de l'emploi régional -- retombées de la croissance -- services aux entreprises à haute intensité de connaissances (KIBS) -- dynamique industrielle -- géographie financière; regionales Beschäftigungswachstum -- Übertragungseffekte von Wachstum -- wissensintensive Unternehmensdienstleistungen -- Branchendynamik -- Finanzgeografie; crecimiento de empleo regional -- efectos secundarios del crecimiento -- servicios empresariales intensivos en conocimiento (SEIC) -- dinámicas industriales -- geografía financiera; C53 -- O33 -- R10; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1265104
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

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 policies.