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Towards inclusive and resilient regional labour markets: challenges for research and policy

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  • van Dijk, Jouke

    (Urban and Regional Studies Institute (URSI), University of Groningen)

  • Edzes , Arjen

    (Waddenacademie , the Netherlands)

Abstract

Unemployment and inactivity remain among the largest social and economic problems in society, especially in the context of structural developments, such as sectorial shifts in employment structures and globalization, coupled with robotization and automation, that question future job growth. These employmentrelated issues vary by region, and between urban and rural areas, due to differences in economic structures and location factors, and in the quantity and quality of the labour force which is to an extent related to aging and processes of spatial sorting. Science and policy, particularly where related to economics and geography, are developing alongside two perspectives that dominate labour market research: the economic investment perspective and the social compensation and activation perspective. This paper discusses specific challenges facing research and policy and offers three recommendations that aim to stimulate inclusiveness in regional labour markets: the necessity of a place-based approach, the need for fundamental changes concerning the concept of labour and enhancing effective regional governance.

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  • van Dijk, Jouke & Edzes , Arjen, 2016. "Towards inclusive and resilient regional labour markets: challenges for research and policy," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 36, pages 169-190.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0331
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    2. Cochrane, William & Poot, Jacques & Roskruge, Matthew, 2022. "Urban Resilience and Social Security Uptake: New Zealand Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic," IZA Discussion Papers 15510, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    5. Jaakko Simonen & Johannes Herala & Rauli Svento, 2020. "Creative destruction and creative resilience: Restructuring of the Nokia dominated high‐tech sector in the Oulu region," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(5), pages 931-953, October.

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    Keywords

    regional labour markets; regional economics; unemployment; social inclusion; labour market policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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