Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283169 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IAW Diskussionspapiere No. 140
Publisher: 
Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW), Tübingen
Abstract: 
Regional and sector-specific skill shortages are either foreseeable or a reality in Germany. It is unclear whether shortages of skilled workers are more apparent in industry-specific agglomerations due to competitive labor poaching or less apparent benefitting labor pooling. This paper analyses the association of skill shortages and the level of industrial clustering in Germany. The results show, that firms located in an industrial cluster have a significantly lower chance of experiencing skill shortages in terms of vacancies for qualified jobs. At the same time, if firms located in industrial clusters face skill shortage, they struggle more to fill such vacancies.
Subjects: 
Skill shortage
cluster
location quotient
Establishment panel data
JEL: 
J23
J63
R10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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