Institutional Change in Old Industrial Areas – Lessons for ... - UMAR

Employment in Sectors
Analysing the census data, employment’s participation in the three different
economic sectors changed remarkably between 1981 and 1991.
The primary sector’s overall share decreased by 1,8 percentage-point (pp) in Upper
Styria and 3,8pp on Styrian average. The decrease was therefore not as strong as
on provincial average. Only Liezen and Judenburg had to face over-proportional
decreases in the primary sector’s employment among the districts in the case study
region.
Within the secondary sector, regional changes become more significant.
Styria’s share in the secondary sector fell by 4,5pp from 42,2% to 37,7%. The overall
development in Upper Styria was more dramatic: the share fell by 7,4pp to 41,8% in
1991, compared with 49,2% in 1981.
The strongest decrease occurred in Leoben with a reduction of –9,1pp from 49,9% to
40,8%. Neighbour district Bruck/Mur figures were down from 53,5% (1981) to 45,0%
in 1991. Both districts had above-average changes with a gap of 1,7pp and 0,9pp
respectively to the regional average.
Analysing the service or tertiary sector, Upper Styria performed well: with a rise of
the share from 42,6% to 51,8% in overall tertiary sector employment, the gain of
9,2pp is clearly above Styrian average of 8,2%. Liezen (+9,6), Leoben &
Mürzzuschlag (+9,5%) and Bruck/Mur (+9,4%) where above inner regional average.
Especially Leoben and Bruck/Mur could compensate lost shares within the
secondary sector with strong growth in the service-sector industry.
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