ECON 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gini Coefficient, North American Industry Classification System, Pope Urban V
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Location quotient:statistic that tells the h=share of total employment that is accounted for by the city. E. g. retail/employment city usually compared to a us city of the same size. Can be used to see how concentrated or how evenly spread. Elison- glaeser:measure concentration to deal with dartboard problem. Concentrated in high ginis and high location quotients (broad sectors/broad regions) Services, retail around big trade and people (less regional specialization) At narrow level - 3 regions (manufacturing belt , piedmot, california) Neighboring population = total population employees within 30 miles. Calculate the lq of industries in high urban countries + low urban countries. Material intensitt = purchases inputs as % of sales. Larger and materials dep industries conc in space. Size and ndustry concentraion- concentraion of industry in surrounding area correlate to average size. Natural advantage: cropa need, compex set of economic activities around. Concentrated market: supplier and processors need each other.
