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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2048199
Research on the economic effect of employment structure change in heterogeneous regions: evidence from resource-based cities in China
Qiushuang Ren
Guofeng Gu
Yinan Zhou
Zhiyu Zhang
Sažetak
The Report on the Work of the Chinese Government in 2021
emphasised that stable employment is the foundation of national
development. Therefore, adjustment of the employment structure
is one of the main routes for sustainable development of
resource-based cities. However, the impact of employment structure
on sustained economic growth, particularly in heterogeneous
regions, has not yet been determined. This study analyses China’s
employment structure’s spatial evolution, using panel data from
2004 to 2018 of 115 prefecture-level resource-based cities. It
explores the driving factors and spatial effects of employment
structure changes on economic growth through an extended
two-sector economic growth model and spatial econometric
model, and proposes solutions for heterogeneous regions. The
results show that the labour productivity of the employed population
in the secondary industry is the most important factor affecting
economic growth, but the spatial effects of employment
structure adjustment on economic growth are different in heterogeneous
regions. They further reveal that improving the productivity
of the employed population in the secondary industry and
building an industrial system according to regional advantages
are the top priorities for developing the sustainable economy of
resource-based cities.
Ključne riječi
Employment structure; economic growth; heterogeneous regions; spatial effects; China
Hrčak ID:
302977
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2023.
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