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Spatial dependence in self-employment in Spain

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  • Begoña Cueto

    (Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Matías Mayor

    (Universidad de Oviedo)

  • Patricia Suárez

    (Universidad de Oviedo)

Abstract

According to the LFS, Spanish self-employment rate is around 15%. It is not homogeneously distributed across the country and differences are quite stable over time. Our purpose in this article is to analyse the spatial distribution of self-employment, studying the existence of clusters among provinces and taking into account differences between solo self-employed workers and employers. Using the Getis-Ord statistic, our results reveal the existence of two clear high self-employment clusters located in the North-West and the South-East. Regarding low self-employment clusters, they depend on the economic cycle and they are situated including the Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja and, in several years, Madrid. For employers, clusters are small and their composition change over time. On the contrary, for solo self-employed workers, there are two high self-employment rate clusters that become one in 2013 when 15 provinces form this cluster.

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  • Begoña Cueto & Matías Mayor & Patricia Suárez, 2021. "Spatial dependence in self-employment in Spain," Revista de Economía Laboral - Spanish Journal of Labour Economics, Asociación Española de Economía Laboral - AEET, vol. 18, pages 30-51.
    • Handle: RePEc:rel:journl:y:2021:v:18:n:1:p:30-51
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    Keywords

    self-employment heterogeneity; spatial analysis;

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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