Typology of the regional industry structure based on the percentage of the work force employed in the different sectors of the economy
Theme(s): Population and living conditions - Labour Market - Economy - Society - labour force - gender issue - economic structure - Employment, Education and Skills
Spatial Extent | Nomenclature | ||
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name | version | level | |
EU28+4+CandidateCountries | NUTS | 2006 | 2 |
Year | Tunit | Area | GDP | Pop |
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2009 | 99 | 100 | 87 |
Typology calculated by means of a cluster analysis (Ward method) with subsequent discriminant analysis using data on the regional industry structure provided by EUROSTAT: Share of the labour force employed in industry and construction; share of the labour force employed in retail, catering, gastronomy, transport and maintenance; share of the labour force employed in the public service sector and share of the labour force employed in the "modern" service sector (information and communication, financial services, insurance, real estate, research and development)
Name | Description |
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CLUSTER_1 | Average employment structure with relatively strong public sector |
CLUSTER_2 | Deindustrialised regions with strong "modern" service sector (I&C, FIRE, R&D) |
CLUSTER_3 | Industrial regions with weak public sector |
CLUSTER_4 | Agricultural regions with weak public and "modern" service sectors |
AGRICULTURE_DOMINANT | Regions with more than 40% of the labour force employed in agriculture |
INDUSTRY_DOMINANT | Regions with more than 40% of the labour force employed in industry and construction |
SERVICE_SECTOR_DOMINANT | Regions with more than 40% of the labour force employed in retail, catering, gastronomy, transport and maintenance |
PUBLIC_SECTOR_DOMINANT | Regions with more than 40% of the labour force employed in the public service sector (administration, defence, education, health care) |
FINANCIAL_SECTOR_DOMINANT | Regions with more than 40% of the labour force employed in the "modern" service sector (I&C, FIRE, R&D) |
NOT_ANALYSED | Regions omitted from the analysis |