Mining investment and regional development: A scenario-based assessment for Northern Sweden

Ejdemo, Thomas; Söderholm, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.08.008

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“…The scenario-based methodology employed in these studies is also the reason for why their results in terms of estimated job multipliers are presented as intervals, typically reflecting demographic outcomes that range from modest to expansive. This ex post analysis suggests that the mining industry's impact on employment in non-mining sectors in northern Sweden tends to be underestimated in previous studies that have employed the rAps I/O model, with the exception of an expansive scenario in the study by Ejdemo and Söderholm (2011). This is somewhat surprising as the rAps I/O model neglects constraints in labor supply, and therefore does not consider crowding-out effects.…”

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“…This is achieved by multiplying their values by the ratio of sectoral employment to mining employment. For the sake of comparison with previous studies, it should also be noted that the methodology employed here yields a job multiplier for the non-mining sectors only, while previous studies which have estimated employment multiplier effects of mining in Sweden (e.g., Ejdemo and Söderholm 2011;Hansson et al 2010;Sörensson 2003) typically calculate a multiplier for the total change in employment, thus including the direct employment in mining.…”

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“…8 For instance, Hansson et al (2010) estimated a job multiplier in the range 0.4-0.6 for non-mining sectors, depending on which municipality in Norrbotten that was analyzed. Ejdemo and Söderholm (2011) estimated a multiplier of 1-1.5 for nonmining sectors in Pajala, while Ejdemo (2013) came up with a corresponding estimate of about 0.6. These previous studies all have in common that they are ex ante analyses, and they impose different assumptions about demographic changes in response to new mining activities.…”

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“…Since historical unemployment rates have been high, the prospects of new mines, providing large-scale employment opportunities at relatively attractive wages, may often be welcomed with open arms by parts of the local population as well as by the local and regional authorities. Earlier studies of the job multiplier of mining in Sweden have however almost exclusively relied on the use of input-output models (e.g., Vasco Advisers 2014; Ejdemo and Söderholm 2011;Hansson et al 2010;Sörensson 2003), thus potentially giving rise to misleading ex ante estimates of the employment impacts following new mining activity.…”

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The local employment impacts of mining: an econometric analysis of job multipliers in northern Sweden

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The way in which mining contributes to job opportunities in the region where it takes place has become increasingly important for the industry's relations to the local community. The employment impacts of mining are however far from straightforward to assess. Considering these uncertainties about real-life job impacts, it is vital that there are sound assessments of these employment effects. The purpose of this paper is to apply a novel econometric approach to assess mining-induced job multipliers in the empirical context of northern Sweden. This analysis employs data on the number of employees in selected non-mining sectors and in the mining sector, respectively, and covering the relatively recent mining boom period (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013). We also highlight differences across the two main mining counties in northern Sweden. The results show a positive statistical relationship between increases in the number of employees in the mining sector and changes in the number of employees in other sectors. The private services' sector is particularly affected, while the industrial sector also benefits in the specific case of mining municipalities. The results also indicate relatively large intercounty differences, in turn highlighting the importance of addressing the context-specific circumstances when estimating the employment effects of mining.

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“…Eggert 2001;Ejdemo and Söderholm, 2011;Lagos and Blanco, 2010;Rolfe et al, 2011). As the regional economic impacts seem to vary significantly depending on the characteristics of the areas targeted by mining investments (as noted by Ejdemo and Söderholm, 2011;Söderholm and Svahn, 2015), it seems safe to conclude that economic benefits for the host region can never be taken for granted beforehand. Measures must be taken to guarantee that adequate benefit-sharing mechanisms are put in place.…”

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Mineral policy at a crossroads? Critical reflections on the challenges with expanding Sweden’s mining sector

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The literature on capital budgeting and investment proposals is rich with techniques, such as portfolio management and stage-gate project management, which rely on a rational approach to strategic capital investment projects. There is, however, a lack of research on the process of managing and coordinating strategic capital investment projects where investment proposals and decisions are seen as human constructions. The controller is an important but seldom noticed actor in this process. This paper draws on a pragmatic constructivist framework to create an understanding of the controller role in strategic capital investment projects and how the controller acts to contribute to create a functioning construct causality in such projects. We conducted a case study of a mining company, which had recently decided on strategic capital investments resulting in the moving of two towns to enable continued operations. Based on a two-step thematic data analysis, our results illustrate that the controller is an essential actor in strategic capital investment projects with high degrees of uncertainty and multiple decision-participants. By using the pragmatic constructivist framework we find that gap-bridging between multiple decision-participants is an essential role for controller, in order to create successful investment proposals. The case study further illustrates that controllers need to learn to speak technical and operational language and to become knowledgeable about business operations to gain trust in order create a functioning construct causality. Our study provides an actor-focused understanding of the organizational and managerial processes within strategic capital investment projects, illustrating how the controller contributes to construct causality therein.

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Mining investment and regional development: A scenario-based assessment for Northern Sweden

Cited by 51 publications

References 10 publications

The local employment impacts of mining: an econometric analysis of job multipliers in northern Sweden

The local employment impacts of mining: an econometric analysis of job multipliers in northern Sweden

Mineral policy at a crossroads? Critical reflections on the challenges with expanding Sweden’s mining sector

The role of the controller in strategic capital investment projects: bridging the gap of multiple topoi

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