Localization, Specialization and Diversification Indicators and Shift-Share Analysis: An Application to the Nut Iii of the North Region in the Period 1986-1998

University of Minho, NIPE Working Paper No. 13/2001

27 Pages Posted: 17 May 2005 Last revised: 26 Jan 2009

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Ricardo M. Sousa

University of Minho; Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE); London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Financial Markets Group; London School of Economics

Dolores Cabral

University of Minho

Date Written: January 1, 2001

Abstract

In this paper, we apply some of the instruments of the regional economic analysis to the NUT III of the North Region in order to make a reflection about the dynamics of the productive structure of those territories in the period 1986-1998, using, fundamentally, the analysis of localization, specialization and diversification indicators, as well as the shift-share analysis.

The analysis of the indicators shows a relative stability of the productive structure of those territories in that period.

Using employment to analyze the dynamics of regional growth in a comparative perspective and taking the Continent as reference, the application of the shift-share model lead us to conclude that only the NUT of Grande Porto has negative values for the structural and regional effects, while the NUT of Douro, Alto Trais-os-Montes and Minho-Lima reveal positive values for those two components. The others NUT of the North Region have positive regional effects and negative structural effects.

Keywords: localization, specialization, diversification, shift-share analysis

JEL Classification: R11, R12

Suggested Citation

Sousa, Ricardo Magalhaes and Cabral, Dolores, Localization, Specialization and Diversification Indicators and Shift-Share Analysis: An Application to the Nut Iii of the North Region in the Period 1986-1998 (January 1, 2001). University of Minho, NIPE Working Paper No. 13/2001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=720213 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.720213

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Braga, 4700
Portugal

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