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The relevance of smart cities’ features in exploring urban labour market resilience: the specificity of post-transition economies

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  • Dan Lupu
  • Liviu-George Maha
  • Elena-Daniela Viorica

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This paper assesses the relationship between the urban labour market’s resilience and urban smartness for the European Union’s metropolitan areas in Central and Eastern Europe. The urban labour market’s resilience is evaluated by building an aggregate indicator using five variables that measure the specific characteristics of a labour market for post-transition economies, while 32 relevant characteristics of smart cities are used in assessing urban smartness for these economies. The results show that the characteristics considered to define a smart city are associated with resilient urban labour markets, particularly for metropolitan regions that surround capital cities.

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  • Dan Lupu & Liviu-George Maha & Elena-Daniela Viorica, 2023. "The relevance of smart cities’ features in exploring urban labour market resilience: the specificity of post-transition economies," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(12), pages 2406-2425, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:57:y:2023:i:12:p:2406-2425
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2217218
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