Territorial analysis of structural and sectoral shifts in the steppe Russian-Kazakh cross-border region

The most important aspect for sustainable development of cross-border territories is a balanced sectoral structure of the economy. At the current stage of development, processes of transformation and restructuring of the economy occur in the Russian-Kazakh cross-border region, resulting in structural and sectoral shifts that expand the spatial division of labour and shape the further specialization of the region. This paper studies transformation of the sectoral structure of the Russian and Kazakh border regions by the main types of economic activity, including various components of the productive and non-productive sectors (manufacturing, mining, energy, trade, transport, agriculture, etc.). As a result, we found a structural and sectoral restructuring of the economy in the transboundary regions, affecting a wide range of different industries, while at the same time the regional economy experienced a catching-up phase, the share of the non-productive sector was growing, and the share of industry and agriculture, although declining, remained high.

Applying Location Quotient and Shift-Share Analysis in Determining Leading Sectors in Teluk Bintuni Regency

Economic growth is an important aspect that reflects the success of a country or region’s economic development. The changes of its driving sectors mainly influence the changes in economic growth. This study aims to identify the leading economic sectors and analyze the sectoral shifts of the Teluk Bintuni regency’s economy. The data used in this study is the Gross Regional Domestic Product of both Teluk Bintuni Regency and Papua Barat province in the period from 2010 to 2018. In determining the leading sectors and analyzing the sector using Location Quotient and Shift-Share analysis. The results suggested that the manufacturing and mining, and quarrying sectors were the base sectors of Teluk Bintuni’s economy. However, the result of Shift-Share analysis highlighted construction, education services, procurement of electricity and gas, and public administration, defense, and compulsory social security as competitive and progressive sectors during the same period. Policy implications of this study include evaluating and reformulating development strategies and programs and considering sectoral interconnection for further development planning.Keywords: Location Quotient, Shift-Share, Leading Sectors, Teluk Bintuni

Analysing South Africa’s automotive energy consumption : application of index decomposition analysis

This research focuses on applying the Index Decomposition Analysis (IDA) to South Africa’s automotive industry to decompose energy consumption and further make use of regression analysis to understand how it relates to the economy. South Africa has been going through an energy crisis, which has resulted in ongoing load shedding as a way to manage this crisis. Looking at South Africa’s energy generation, it can be noted that the entire country depends on Eskom as the main supplier and of electricity, but it is unable to keep pace with the demand. The results of the research show that there exists a nexus across all segments between energy consumption and GDP; furthermore, the decomposition results show that energy consumption in some years experienced a reduction. However, it can be seen that an increase in energy consumption year on year is predominant; this then suggests that the reductions experienced were the result of a special event; hence, it can be deduced that overall energy consumption has increased slightly. The increase is as a result of the activity effect which contributed the most towards this whilst the structural effect yielded a negligible contribution. Lastly, the intensity effect contributed to the reduction in energy consumption as a result of sectoral shifts; this reduction contributed towards keeping the overall increase in energy consumption low. This study aimed to outline the differences in energy consumed during the production of different vehicle classes, citing various factors responsible for the changes in energy consumption during vehicle production, raising awareness with manufacturers on the impact industrial energy consumption has on the national energy grid and on advising medium to large manufacturers to become suppliers.

Investor response to vaccine signposts sectoral shifts

Significance Millions of people and companies predict the future every microsecond through their equity investments. Investors’ behaviour following the news of the vaccine success offers an indication of which sectors may change permanently, and how the global economy may look one to two years out. Impacts The post-pandemic economy will be biased towards larger companies with the capital to survive a year or more of lost business. Inequality will rise as, while some sectors and their employees will benefit from demand shifts, many jobs and firms will be lost elsewhere. As people adopt new habits (eg, more entertainment at home) many may change permanently; firms will be challenged to follow these patterns.

Shift Share analysis Indonesia masa pandemi Covid-19

The Corona Virus pandemic threatens the fabric of people's lives in all fields, including in the economic field. This study aims to analyze the shift in the economic sector during the Corona Virus pandemic. This research is a descriptive type of research with a mathematical quantitative approach using the Shift Share analysis tool to analyze sectoral shifts due to the outbreak of the Corona Virus Pandemic. Specifically related to the elements of the shift share analysis, it is found that: overall, all sectors in the five provinces, the value of the effect of national growth is negative; the value of the industrial mix, in the five provinces of Indonesia has the same sectoral characteristics. The industrial mix has a positive value in some sectors and the industrial mix is negative in other sectors; the value of Regional Shares in the five provinces varies considerably. This of course is influenced by the ability of each province to produce; the characteristics of the total effect value vary in each sector in each province. The total effect value is positive, this means that a sector in a province is classified as progressive. The total effect value is negative, this means that a sector in a province is classified as conservative. Suggestions for future researchers are that this research does not include elements of economic agglomeration. If there are researchers who are interested in further research, maybe it can be added related to the elements of economic agglomeration.

Time Compression

Chapter 1 develops the concept of time compression in economic development and highlights how recent developers are experiencing simultaneity in processes which previously unfolded sequentially over extended periods of time, including industrialization and deindustrialization. Time compression has always been a feature of late development, but the extreme forms seen in recent and current developers alter development experiences and processes in important ways. Industrialization has become ‘thin’, reflecting specialization, global value chain engagement, leaps in capital intensity, and the simultaneous casualization and formalization of labour markets. ‘Out-of-sequence’ sectoral shifts, such as an early retail revolution and financialization, and sectoral blurring also contribute to time compression. Demographic transitions have accelerated, with ‘premature ageing’, especially in East Asia.

The impact of sectoral shifts on Dutch unmarried women’s labor force participation, 1812–1929

During the nineteenth century, Dutch female labor force participation (FLFP) was relatively low. Most scholars argue that social norms and rising wages were driving this development. However, their conclusions principally apply to married women. We study unmarried women’s LFP (UFLFP) and investigate a third driver: shifting sectoral employment shares. We include all three drivers in a logistic regression based on nearly 2 million marriage records from 1812 to 1929. We conclude that social norms and income levels mattered, but that shifting sectoral employment shares were driving the decline in UFLFP because sectors with low demand for female laborers expanded.