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Identifying Spatial Labor Markets in Greece from the 2001 Travel-to-Work Patterns

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  • Prodromos Ioannis K. Prodromidis

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The article examines inter-municipal commuting flows in Greece, collected via the 2001 census, and delineates the country’s labor market areas (LMAS). It finds that the LMAS of Athens (3.9 million inhabitants) and Thessaloniki (1.1 million) exceed the homonymous urban-planning complexes by 8 and 15 times, respectively. These LMAS, along with the LMAS of Patras (245 thousand) and Iraklion (233 thousand), host about half the country's population. Another thirty-eight Clusters of municipalities and eight self-contained municipalities of 20-184 thousand Inhabitants jointly host a quarter of the country's population. The picture Is complemented by the presence of ten clusters of municipalities and 607 self contained Municipalities with smaller populations. Overall, the article advances our understanding of how the country functions at the sub-national level.

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  • Prodromos Ioannis K. Prodromidis, 2010. "Identifying Spatial Labor Markets in Greece from the 2001 Travel-to-Work Patterns," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 8(1), pages 111-128.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:8:y:2010:i:1:p:111-128
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    2. Dimitris Kallioras & Yorgos Kandylis & Nikos Kromydakis & Panagiotis Pantazis, 2011. "Definition of Local Labor Market Areas in Greece on the Basis of Travel-to-Work Flows," ERSA conference papers ersa11p75, European Regional Science Association.
    3. Prodromídis, Pródromos-Ioánnis K., 2012. "Modeling male and female employment policy in Greece from local data," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 823-839.

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    Keywords

    labor market areas; functional economic areas; commuting flows; localities; urban and micro-regional policy areas;
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    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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