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Diversity as the key to success? Urban and rural employment dynamics in the Netherlands

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  • Sierdjan Koster
  • Aleid E. Brouwer
  • Eveline S. van Leeuwen

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This study addresses how diversity in the local sector structure is associated with employment development across different municipality types (urban, intermediate and rural). While this relationship has been studied primarily from an urban perspective, increasing economic diversity has gained traction as a policy tool, particularly in rural areas. Given the diverse roles of municipalities in the urban hierarchy, the analysis explicitly identifies the impact of other nearby local economies. It is found that nearby dense and diverse local economies are indeed important for employment growth for all three types of municipality. Diversity in a given municipality has no or even a negative relationship with growth.

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  • Sierdjan Koster & Aleid E. Brouwer & Eveline S. van Leeuwen, 2020. "Diversity as the key to success? Urban and rural employment dynamics in the Netherlands," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(9), pages 1187-1199, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:54:y:2020:i:9:p:1187-1199
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1699652
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    2. Nataliia Patyka & Olena Gryschenko & Anatolii Kucher & Maria Hełdak & Beata Raszka, 2021. "Assessment of the Degree of Factors Impact on Employment in Ukraine’s Agriculture," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-19, January.
    3. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Miguel Ángel Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Júlia Cravo, 2022. "Are semi-urban spillovers the answer to left-behind places in rural Europe? The case of the Portuguese municipalities," Working Papers 2022/14, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

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