Industrial Employment Growth in Spanish Regions - the Role Played by Size, Innovation, and Spatial Aspects



Madrid_______________________

_______________2,87_______________

________________5,52________________

Murcia________________________

_______________18,65_______________

________________3,83________________

Navarre________________________

_______________10,43_______________

________________5,31________________

Vasque Country__________________

________________9,14________________

________________5,96________________

Rioja (La)__________________________

_______________11,01_______________

________________0,63________________

Spain___________________________

________________7,23________________

________________3,54________________

(*) Rate of Growth measured as the value at 2002 minus the value at 1998, divided by the value at 1998.

1998 to 2002 was a good period for industrial employment in Spain, increasing 7.2 points
during those 5 years. The number of people employed in the industrial sector grew in every
Spanish region, but the differences were very significant: Two very important regions, Madrid
and Catalonia, had rates which were less than half of the national mean; at the same time,
some less industrialised regions grew at very high rates: Extremadura increased its industrial
employment by 16.7%; Murcia by 18.7%; Castilla-La Mancha by 13.9%; and Asturias by
13.7%. Figure 4 graphs the results for all the Spanish regions.

Figure 4.- Rate of Industrial Employment Growth.
1998-2002

Espana

Rioja (La)

Pa^s Vasco

Navarra

Murcia

Madrid

Galicia

Extremadura

Comunidad Valenciana

Cataluna

Castilla - La Mancha

Castilla y Leon

Cantabria

Canarias

Balears

Asturias

Aragon

Andaluaa



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