Localized labor flow networks in knowledge-intensive industries

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2022-11

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28

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Journal of Regional Science, Volume 62, issue 5, pp. 1414-1441

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This study examines the relationship between agglomeration and labor market matching by investigating the small-scale sociospatial determinants of a network created by the within-region mobility of employees across organizations. The local labor flow network is constructed on the basis of an establishment-level matched employer–employee database covering selected knowledge-intensive industries in the Helsinki–Uusimaa Region in Finland during the period 2001–2015. The results from the analysis of various tie formation processes reveal that the formation of a link by interorganizational employee mobility within an integrated labor market area is more likely between organizations geographically closer to each other, all else being equal. The findings highlight the importance of local density for the job search process.

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Funding Information: I thank Seppo Laakso, Tuukka Saarimaa, Heidi Falkenbach, the Editor and two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions. This study is partially funded by the ROBUST project, as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement no. 727988. The information and views set out in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Research funding from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and the City of Helsinki is also gratefully acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Regional Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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agglomeration, interorganizational network, job search, labor markets, location, matching, proximity

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Lahdelma, T 2022, ' Localized labor flow networks in knowledge-intensive industries ', Journal of Regional Science, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 1414-1441 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12609