Technological Change, Employment and Spatial Dynamics: Proceedings of an International Symposium on Technological Change and Employment: Urban and Reg

ISBN-13: 9783540164784 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 469 str.

Peter Nijkamp

Opis

In recent years, the scientific interest in the complex relationship between technological change, employment and regional growth has ex- hibited a fast growth. Despite the upswing in attention for the inter- actions between the components of this 'triangle', research efforts in this area are still severely hampered by lack of theoretical and em- pirical insights. The present volume aims at providing a refreshing look at this trian- gle against the background of recent discussions on structural econom- ic changes, technological innovations and labour market dynamics. In particular the attention will be directed toward two focal points, viz. : the relationship between technological developments and (qualita- tive and quantitative) shifts in the labour market. In this framework a review of current theoretical and empirical knowledge on labour saving or labour augmenting technologies, on changes in the secondary and tertiary sectors, and on shifts in external and internal labour markets will be given. It goes without saying that in this context also the relationship between innovation and employment policy will be analysed, as well as the spatiotemporal diffusion pattern of (produqt, process or managerial) innova- tions. the interaction between the urban or regional production environ- ment and technology changes, with a particular emphasis on labour market dynamics. Spatial potentiality factors, bottleneck effects and incubation functions will also be treated in this perspec- tive, while also much attention will be devoted to empirical evi- dence and policy prospects in this field.

Spis treści

1. The Triangle of Industrial Dynamics, Labour Markets and Spatial Systems.- A: General Reflections.- 2. Technical Change, Employment and Metropolitan Adjustment.- 3. Technology and New Regional Growth Complexes: The Economics of Discontinuous Spatial Development.- 4. Technological Change in the Service Sector: Urban and Regional Implications.- 5. New Technology and Regional Development Policy.- 6. Industrial Interdependence via Information Technology and Transport Interaction — Employment Impacts.- 7. Industrial Organisation, Innovation and Employment.- B: Actual Trends.- 8. Spatial Dimensions of Technological Developments and Employment Effects.- 9. The Impact of Innovations on Service Employment.- 10. The De-Industrialisation of the Federal Republic of Germany and its Spatial Implications.- 11. Spatial Dimensions of Innovation and Employment: Some Dutch Results.- 12. Technological Change and Employment Patterns: The Greek Case.- 13. Segmentation Theories and Manpower Policy in Dutch Cities.- 14. Local Entrepreneurial Initiatives and Central Government.- 15. High-Technology and Employment: Some Information on The Netherlands.- C: Modelling.- 16. Adaptive Economising, Technological Change and the Demand for Labour in Disequilibrium.- 17. On the Incongruous Spatial Employment Dynamics.- 18. A Stochastic Theory for Residential and Labour Mobility Including Travel Networks.- 19. Technological Change and Labour Migration in a General Spatial Interaction System.- 20. On the Production and Diffusion of Technological Change.- 21. Innovation and the Urban Life-Cycle: Production, Location and Income Distribution Aspects.- 22. Industrial Applications of Information Technology: Speed of Introduction and Labour Force Competence.- 23. Capital Mobility, Labour Demand and R&D Investment in Austria in a Multiregional Context: A First Attempt at Econometric Modelling.- 24. Technological Change and Regional Employment Research.- List of Contributors.

O autorze

Peter Nijkamp is Professor in Regional and Urban Economics and in Economic Geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover quantitative plan evaluation, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathematical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In the past years he has focussed his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these fields he has published many books and numerous articles.
In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza award.