The effect of intra- and inter-regional labour mobility on plant performance in Denmark: The significance of related labour inflows

Bram Timmermans, Ron Boschma*

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    Abstract

    This article investigates the impact of labour mobility on plant performance in Denmark. Our study shows that the effect of labour mobility can only be assessed when one accounts for the type of skills that flow into the plant and the degree to which these match the existing skills at the plant level. As expected, we found that the inflow of skills that are related to skills in the plant impacts positively on plant productivity growth, while inflows of skills that are similar to the plant skills have a negative effect. We used a sophisticated indicator of revealed relatedness that measures the degree of skill relatedness between sectors on the basis of the intensity of labour flows between sectors. Intra-regional mobility of skilled labour had a negative effect on plant performance, but the impacts of intra- and inter-regional mobility depended on the type of skills that flow into the plant.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberlbs059
    Pages (from-to)289-311
    Number of pages23
    JournalJournal of Economic Geography
    Volume14
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2014

    Keywords

    • Denmark
    • Geographical proximity
    • Labour mobility
    • Plant performance
    • Related labour flows
    • Revealed relatedness

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