Determinants of population and jobs at a local level: an application for catalan municipalities

• Autores: Josep Maria Arauzo Carod
• Localización: Working papers = Documentos de trabajo: Serie EC - (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas), Nº. 25, 2002, 21 págs.
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper explores the determinants of population and jobs. We consider that employment and population are simultaneously determined and assume that for population and employees, location determinants vary between professional groups rather than between sectors. We used two-stage least-squares (TSLS) to estimate residential and employment location and tested the model using recent data for municipalities in Catalonia (from 1991 to 1996). Our data base came mainly from the Catalan Statistical Institute (IDESCAT). Our results show that location patterns depend on professional groups of residents and employees. We also found that, although population and jobs are simultaneously determined, the location of population is more important for the location of jobs than vice versa