Shift-Share Analysis Essay Example

Cell 48: We can see that the national share is 121.749. The employment in this industry has actually increased to 130900. If the industry had grown at the national growth rate then employment would have been at around 122000. This implies that the labor force in the industry has grown at a higher rate than the national growth rate. The industry mix is 10.897. Had the industry grown at the industrial growth rate of the national level for that particular industry then it would have employed around 11 more personnel. The regional shift share of -1.7 indicates that this industry is lagging behind in this region compared to the national level performance.
Cell 50: For this industry the national share is 104.615.If it had grown at the national growth rate of industries it would have increased the employment by18715. But it has increase its employment by 21600 which is 2885 more than the national share. If the industry had grown at the national level growth rate of educational services it would have employed 1003 more workers. It should be noted that the regional shift share of 1.882 indicates that it is moving almost at par with the growth rate of the educational services sector at the national level.
Cell 53: In this case the national share is 107.701. This indicates that if the industry would have grown at the national industrial growth rate in this region it would have employed 107701 workers. The employment level would have increased by 8801 instead it has increased by12400 that is by 3599 more than the national share indicates. It would have employed 5898 more workers if it had grown at the national level growth of accommodation and food services. The regional share of -2.3 indicates that this industry is lagging behind in this region compared to the national average performance of the industry.

Works Cited

Methods of Regional Analysis: Shift-Share. (n.d.). Retrieved February 27, 2015, from Andrew.cmu.edu: www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jp87/URED/readings/Shift_Share.pdf