ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a series of sectoral cross-sectional spatial econometric analysis on employment dynamics in the Netherlands and in the heavily urbanized province of South-Holland. It focuses on spatial econometric models of the four sectors in South-Holland. Spatial lag and error modeling tests for contiguity growth hypotheses while, complementarily, growth patterns are tested for spatial regimes that stress non-contiguous parameter shifts within the urbanized area. The chapter also focuses on the urban (municipal) scale in the Netherlands. It also presents the models for industrial, distribution, producer service and consumer service growth respectively. The chapter analyses the regimes for macro-economic zoning, zoning within the Randstad, urban size and physical accessibility appeared significant. Local sectoral diversity hampers growth predominantly in the Randstad regime. Relative small firm sizes of distribution firms restricts municipal growth in the Randstad equation, while simultaneously regional competition conditions tend to induce employment growth.
