Matlaba, Valente J.; Holmes, Mark; McCann, Philip; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2012
This paper combines classic and spatial shift-share decompositions of 1981 to 2006 employment change across the 27 states of Brazil. The classic shift-share method shows higher employment growth rates for underdeveloped regions that are due to an advantageous industry-mix and also due to...