A1 Journal article (refereed)
The creative class : do jobs follow people or do people follow jobs? (2018)

Østbye, S., Moilanen, M., Tervo, H., & Westerlund, O. (2018). The creative class : do jobs follow people or do people follow jobs?. Regional Studies, 52(6), 745-755. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1254765

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

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All authors or editors: Østbye, Stein; Moilanen, Mikko; Tervo, Hannu; Westerlund, Olle

Journal or series: Regional Studies

ISSN: 0034-3404

eISSN: 1360-0591

Publication year: 2018

Volume: 52

Issue number: 6

Pages range: 745-755

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: Abingdon

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1254765

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

Regional adjustment models are applied to explore causal interaction between two types of people distinguished by educational attainment, and two types of jobs: creative class jobs and other jobs. Data used are for labour market regions in Finland, Norway and Sweden from the 2000s. Creative class jobs follow people with high educational attainment (one way causation), but creative class jobs also follow other jobs and vice versa (circular causation). The results suggest that stimulating creative class job growth could be accomplished through attracting people with higher education, but also by attracting other jobs with the added benefit that the initial stimulus would be reinforced through circular and cumulative causation between job creation in the two sectors.

Keywords: regionality; creative industries; level of education; employment; migratory movement (demography)

Free keywords: creative class; regional adjustment; sectoral dynamics; Northern Europe

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Reporting Year: 2018

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