Modeling Regional Employment. An Application in High Technology Sectors in Greece

Mathematical models of competing species defined by ordinary differential equations are considered to construct a model for analysing the spatial dimension of employment. Analysis of the points of equilibrium is given in an application of the model using data on employment in High Technology Sectors (HTS), for the period 1999-2008, for Greece. The findings suggest that there is tendency of movement in employees in HTS in Greece from the Attica region to the Rest of Greece. In the long-run equilibrium it was found that the employment in Attica will be between the levels of 2007 and 2008 while it will increase in the periphery of Greece.