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"On Measuring Economic Diversification": Comment

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  • Michael J. Wasylenko
  • Rodney A. Erickson

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Since many individuals are immobile between city labor markets in the short run, the industrial structure of cities plays an important role in determining the national rate of unemployment. This paper argues that a city's frictional unemployment rate ...

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  • Michael J. Wasylenko & Rodney A. Erickson, 1978. ""On Measuring Economic Diversification": Comment," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 54(1), pages 106-109.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:54:y:1978:i:1:p:106-109
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    1. Eric Rosengren, 1990. "How diversified is New England?," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Nov, pages 3-16.
    2. Andrey GNIDCHENKO, 2011. "Defragmentation Of Economic Growth With A Focus On Diversification: Evidence From Russian Economy," Theoretical and Practical Research in the Economic Fields, ASERS Publishing, vol. 2(1), pages 44-80.
    3. Shu-hen Chiang, 2009. "The effects of industrial diversification on regional unemployment in Taiwan: is the portfolio theory applicable?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 43(4), pages 947-962, December.
    4. Niles C. Schoening & Larry E. Sweeney, 1992. "Proactive Industrial Development Strategies And Portfolio Analysis," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 22(3), pages 227-238, Winter.
    5. Lathania Brown & Robert T Greenbaum, 2017. "The role of industrial diversity in economic resilience: An empirical examination across 35 years," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(6), pages 1347-1366, May.
    6. Wagner, John E., 2000. "Regional Economic Diversity: Action, Concept, or State of Confusion," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 30(2), pages 1-22.
    7. O'Connor, Sean & Doyle, Eleanor & Doran, Justin, 2018. "Diversity, employment growth and spatial spillovers amongst Irish regions," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 260-267.
    8. Hongyun Han & Hui Lin, 2021. "Patterns of Agricultural Diversification in China and Its Policy Implications for Agricultural Modernization," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-22, May.
    9. Koppány, Krisztián, 2017. "A növekedés lehetőségei és kockázatai. Magyarország feldolgozóipari exportteljesítményének és ágazati szerkezetének vizsgálata, 2010-2014 [Growth opportunities and risks in Hungary's industrial mix," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(1), pages 17-53.
    10. Nicole Palan, 2010. "Measurement of Specialization – The Choice of Indices," FIW Working Paper series 062, FIW.
    11. Centorrino, Samuele & Perez Urdiales, Mari­a & Bravo-Ureta, Boris & Wall, Alan, 2021. "Binary Endogenous Treatment in Stochastic Frontier Models with an Application to Soil Conservation in El Salvador," 95th Annual Conference, March 29-30, 2021, Warwick, UK (Hybrid) 312058, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.
    12. Koen Frenken & Frank G. van Oort & Thijs Verburg & Ron A. Boschma, 2004. "Variety and regional economic growth in the Netherlands," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 0502, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Dec 2004.
    13. Randall Jackson, 2015. "Fellows Address: Are Industry Clusters and Diversity Strange Bedfellows?," Working Papers Working Paper 2015-04, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.

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