Defining Labour Market Areas and its relevance from a statistical perspective: The Portuguese case12

Soares, Elsa; Figueiredo, Rossano; Vala, Francisco

doi:10.3233/sji-170381

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“…Such validity depends on four parameters: minimum size (minSZ), target size (tarSZ), minimum self-containment (minSC), and target self-containment (tarSC). In our case, following the recommendations of Eurostat (2020), we use the values employed by the Portuguese Statistical Office to identify LMAs (Soares et al, 2017): minSZ: 35,000 persons, tarSZ: 100,000 persons, minSC: 80 percent, and tarSC: 85 percent. We assess the "strength" of the FAs obtained by computing a modularity index.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mapping functional areas in Spain using mobile positioning data

Rodríguez

Molina

Ballesta

2022

European Urban and Regional Studies

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To be effective, territorial development policies must rely on information collected at a proper spatial scale. This commentary compares functional and administrative geographies. We go beyond metropolitan areas and map functional areas across the entire national territory of Spain. These functional areas are delineated using commuting flows based on mobile positioning data. The results obtained revealed the existence of a substantial number of functional areas that do not belong to one sole region. This indicates that there is a discrepancy between the socioeconomic reality and the administrative areas employed for territorial development policy purposes. Functional areas could be particularly useful to address policy challenges in issues like labor market functioning, transport planning, housing, or public service provision.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping functional areas in Spain using mobile positioning data

Rodríguez

Molina

Ballesta

2022

European Urban and Regional Studies

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“…Applying this measure to the population distribution of FRs produces indicator HO1, whereas the indicator using the ninth decile measure is HO2. Equivalent measures of FR size variation in terms of land area, HL1 and also HL2, respond to the concerns about accessibility that prompted Eckey et al (2007) to set an internal FR travel time limit, and the limit on land area size set by Soares et al (2017).…”

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Functional Regions for Policy: a Statistical ‘Toolbox’ Providing Evidence for Decisions between Alternative Geographies

Martínez‐Bernabéu

Coombes

Casado-Díaz

2019

Appl. Spatial Analysis

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Labour market areas and other functional regions (FRs) are increasingly used within research and policy, but how FRs are best defined is an unresolved issue. This is important because the policy impacts, or the research results, will differ depending on the specific FR boundaries used. As a result of this sensitivity (termed the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem), quantitative metrics are needed so that differing sets of FR boundaries can be evaluated. To meet this need the paper firstly reviews the concept and use of labour market areasthe form of FRs most widely used in policyto identify relevant criteria for evaluating any regionalisation comprising a set of FRs. Next a range of potential measurable indicators for each of the criteria is defined. These candidate indicators are then exemplified by applying them to a huge number of alternative sets of FRs. From this empirical evidence a shortlist of preferred indicators is identified, creating a statistical 'toolbox' for evaluating sets of FRs. The paper ends by first sketching possible processes within which applying the indicators can help policy-makers with a decision over the appropriate set of FRs for a specific policy, before finally outlining some potential future research developments.

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“…Proto je tento proces zdaleka nejčastěji využíván k vymezení funkčních regionů a k regionálně geografickým pracím analyzujícím sídelní a regionální systémy. S méně či více sofistikovanými funkčními regionalizacemi na základě dojížďky za prací se dnes lze setkat ve většině vyspělých zemí, které disponují potřebnými údaji: v Británii (Coombes, Green, Openshaw, 1986 nebo Coombes, 2010), Španělsku (Casado-Díaz, 2000; Martínez-Bernabeu, Casado-Díaz, 2016), Slovensku (Bezák, 2000; Halás a kol., 2014), Austrálii (Mitchell, Watts, 2010), Novém Zélandu (Papps, Newell, 2002;), Irsku (Meredith a kol., 2007), Jihoafrické republice (Nel a kol., 2008), Polsku (Gruchociak, 2012), České republice (Klapka a kol., 2016), Slovinsku (Drobne, Lakner, 2016), Maďarsku (Pálóczi a kol., 2016) nebo Portugalsku (Soares, Figueiredo, Vala, 2017).…”

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