The Taxonomy of Employment Structure Changes in Modern Industry and Services in the European Union Regions

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  • Małgorzata Markowska Małgorzata Markowska is an associate professor at the Regional Economics Chair of Wrocław University of Economics. She is a member of Polish Classification Society and Polish section of Regional Studies Association. Her research deals with econometric measurement, evaluation, variability and dynamics of development of fields such as competitiveness, Knowledge Based Economics, smart specializations, convergence and innovativeness in European regional space. As the author or co-author she published more than 100 scientific papers and 25 chapters in books, and recently her own dissertation “Dynamic Taxonomy of Regions’ Innovativeness”. She took part in 10 scientific projects financed by Polish National Centre of Science and European Union, and in projects for governmental, local administration and business units.
  • Andrzej Sokołowski Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie
  • Danuta Strahl Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.26.4

Keywords:

dynamic clustering, NUTS 2, trend analysis

Abstract

The objective of the study is to analyze changes of employment share in modern, high-tech services and industry in the European Union regions at NUTS 2 level. The data covering the period of 1999-2008 were used since they are relatively complete and comparable. The growth tendency, separately for each quality/property and for each region, was estimated. Trend coefficients were used as input variables for the purposes of cluster analysis. By applying Ward’s method identified was the number of regional clusters, which differ by the model of employment changes dynamics in the analyzed spheres. The ultimate division of regions in terms of dynamics was obtained by using the k-means method. The results of clustering were verified by applying one-way analysis of variance. Finally the models of dynamics typical for the distinguished clusters of regions were specified.

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Małgorzata Markowska, Małgorzata Markowska is an associate professor at the Regional Economics Chair of Wrocław University of Economics. She is a member of Polish Classification Society and Polish section of Regional Studies Association. Her research deals with econometric measurement, evaluation, variability and dynamics of development of fields such as competitiveness, Knowledge Based Economics, smart specializations, convergence and innovativeness in European regional space. As the author or co-author she published more than 100 scientific papers and 25 chapters in books, and recently her own dissertation “Dynamic Taxonomy of Regions’ Innovativeness”. She took part in 10 scientific projects financed by Polish National Centre of Science and European Union, and in projects for governmental, local administration and business units.

Małgorzata Markowska, dr hab. prof. UE, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu, Wydział Ekonomii, Zarządzania i Turystyki w Jeleniej Górze. Jest profesorem Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu w Katedrze Gospodarki Regionalnej, członkiem Sekcji Klasyfikacji i Analizy Danych oraz Regional Studies Association – sekcja polska. Realizuje badania naukowe dotyczące pomiaru, oceny, zróżnicowania, dynamiki zmian takich zjawisk, jak m.in.: rozwój, konkurencyjność, gospodarka oparta na wiedzy, inteligentne specjalizacje, konwergencja i innowacyjność w europejskiej przestrzeni na szczeblu regionalnym z wykorzystaniem metod ekonometrycznych. Jest autorką lub współautorką ponad 100 artykułów naukowych, monografii (Dynamiczna taksonomia innowacyjności regionów) oraz 25 rozdziałów w monografiach. Współpracowała w realizacji 10 grantów finansowanych z funduszy ministerialnych i NCN oraz kilku projektów unijnych. Wygłosiła 120 referatów na krajowych i zagranicznych konferencjach naukowych. Brała udział w pracach badawczych na rzecz instytucji rządowych, samorządów i praktyki gospodarczej.

Andrzej Sokołowski, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

Andrzej Sokołowski is an associate professor and Head of Department of Statistics at Cracow University of Economics. His scientific activity is concentrated on application of statistical methods in fields such as economics and management, medicine, sports, politics and music. In theoretical statistics he is interested in mathematical statistics, multivariate analysis and medical statistics. He is the author of more than 60 chapters in books and monographs, 143 scientific papers and 128 contribution at conferences. For three terms he was President of Polish Classification Society and for more than ten years he has beena member of International Federation of Classification Societies Council.

Danuta Strahl, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu

Danuta Strahl is the professor of economic sciences at the Department of Regional Economy of Wrocław University of Economics. Since 1992 she has been a member of the Committee of Statistics and Econometrics of Polish Academy of Sciences and since 2008 a member of the C ommittee of Economic Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences. Her scientific interests focus on the application of multivariate statistical analysis methods in regional research, and in particular on regional development, knowledge-based economy and smart development of the European regional space. She is the author or co-author of over 150 articles as well as the editor and author or co-author of 10 monographs. She has delivered over 100 papers at scientific conferences.

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2014-01-03

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Markowska, M., Sokołowski, A., & Strahl, D. (2014). The Taxonomy of Employment Structure Changes in Modern Industry and Services in the European Union Regions. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 26, 46–64. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.26.4

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Vol. 26 (2014): Transformation of regional structures under economic crisis conditions

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