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Regional variety and employment growth in Italian labour market areas: services versus manufacturing industries

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  • Francesca Mameli

    (University of Sassari)

  • Simona Iammarino

    (London School of Economics and Political Science, and Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex)

  • Ron Boschma

    (Utrecht University, Department of Economic Geography)

Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of different forms of regional sectoral diversity on employment growth of Italian manufacturing and service industries

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  • Francesca Mameli & Simona Iammarino & Ron Boschma, 2012. "Regional variety and employment growth in Italian labour market areas: services versus manufacturing industries," Working Papers 4, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research, revised Mar 2012.
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    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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