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Labour Market, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital in Industrial Districts. An Agent-Based Prototype   (download)

Riccardo Boero *
Marco Castellani **
Flaminio Squazzoni **

Abstract

The paper aims to describe an agent-based prototype that has been created to investigate
the relation among local labour markets, entrepreneurship and human capital in IDs. It basically describes the building blocks of the prototype, the agents acting in it and the forces that drive its most interesting dynamics. Some interesting hypotheses to investigate are sketched, too.

Keywords: Industrial Districts, Agent-Based Simulation, Human Capital,
Entrepreneurship, Labour Market.

* Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, U.K.
** Department of Social Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy