A Preliminary Essay in Regional Analysis of Labor Market

Abstract

We have tried to study labor market from the regional viewpoint. The movement of labor between destination and origin has been elucidated by means of several different indicators. In the first part, studies-have been made on supply-and -demand relation of female cotton spinners' labor force: In the second part, the structure of labor movement to the two great demand areas (Tokyo and Aichi) from the adjacent prefecture Nagano in regard to sex (distinction) and education has been studied.
According to the studies made, the following results have been obtained.
1) As to female cotton spinners' labor force, supply and demand shows distinct regional concentration. 2) Far-away supply areas make “jump-over” movement to demand centers. And conditions are generally not advantageous to employers. 3) They saturate to the supply spheres nearer to demand centers after taking disadvantageous conditions into consideration. 4) The direction of movement to the two great demand areas (Tokyo and Aichi) from the adjacent prefecture Nagano and the sphere of the labor absorption-force in Nagoya from Tokyo and Aichi show great differences according to the indices of sex and school career destination. 5) Labor absorption-force distinctly indicates the differences of industrial structure. And Aichi that has greatly selective industrial structure receives female junior high school graduates. 6) The whole prefecture of Nagano belongs to the Tokyo labor sphere if collective outflow of the population is considered. It belongs, however, to the Nagoya (Aichi) sphere if the employments through Employment Security Organizations is considered.