Destruction and reallocation of skills following large company closures

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Abstract

This paper analyzes what happens to redundant skills and workers when large companies close down and whether their skills are destroyed or reallocated. The analysis is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative data of the closure of four companies. Getting a job in a skill-related industry or moving to a spinoff firm leads to skill reallocation. Thus, the result depends on regional idiosyncrasies such as industry structure and urbanization. If local policy makers and the owners exert a coordinated effort, it is possible to create success stories of less skill destruction in urban as well as peripheral regions.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Regional Science
Vol/bind57
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)245-265
ISSN0022-4146
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 9 mar. 2017

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