Dynamics and local policy in labour commuting

• Authors: Samo Drobne , Marija Bogataj , Anka Lisec
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Background: In the paper, the influence of the selected parameters, which are population, travel time to work by car, employment rate and average gross earnings, to labour commuting flows in Slovenia is analysed for the period 2000 - 2009. Furthermore, the dynamics of the analysed parameters have been studied to be implemented in the local policy application. Objectives: The main goal of this research has been to study the stickiness and attractiveness of Slovenian municipalities regarding the analysed parameters to support local labour commuting policy. Methods/Approach: The influence of the analysed parameters to the labour commuting flows has been studied in the extended gravity model. The change of the influence of parameters on commuting flows has been studied separately for each year in the analysed period. Additionally, the calculation of the extended gravity model has been performed for the whole analysed period. Results: The results show that the analysed parameters more attracted than dispatched the inter-municipal labour commuting flows in Slovenia in the study period. The results of the study of the dynamics of the analysed parameters have been implemented in the case study at the local level. Conclusions: The results provide the important empirical contribution to physical planners at the state, regional and/or local level for creating development policies. The results show that some factors in the gravity model can be compensated with the change of the others and vice-versa.

Keywords

EN

commuting; attractiveness; stickiness; dynamics; decision-making; municipalities; Slovenia

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Business Systems Research Journal
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 14-26

Dates

published

2012-09-01

online

2012-09-19

Contributors

author

Samo Drobne

• Department of Geodesy, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Marija Bogataj

• CERRISK, University of Ljubljana and Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia

author

Anka Lisec

• Department for Geodesy, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10305-012-0009-x