<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Recently, much attention has been paid to the topic of employment in Slovakia and regional disparities. The aim of this paper is, on the basis of available data from regional databases and through the use of appropriate methodological apparatus, to draw attention to the development of Slovak regions’ structural employment proportion on the total employment according to the sectors of agriculture, industry, construction and services in the time period from 2004 to 2012. The article examined the similarity of regions in terms of structural employment through cluster analysis at NUTS 2 level. Counties are grouped into four mutually similar clusters.</p></abstract>

Recently, much attention has been paid to the topic of employment in Slovakia and regional disparities. The aim of this paper is, on the basis of available data from regional databases and through the use of appropriate methodological apparatus, to draw attention to the development of Slovak regions’ structural employment proportion on the total employment according to the sectors of agriculture, industry, construction and services in the time period from 2004 to 2012. The article examined the similarity of regions in terms of structural employment through cluster analysis at NUTS 2 level. Counties are grouped into four mutually similar clusters.

Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic from the Point of View of Structural Employment

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Regionalia et Environmentalica

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Recently, much attention has been paid to the topic of employment in Slovakia and regional disparities. The aim of this paper is, on the basis of available...

Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic from the Point of View of Structural Employment

Published Online: Aug 22, 2014

Page range: 30 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aree-2014-0006

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