Research

Publications

2024

Yang Li, Frank M.H. Neffke, 2024. Evaluating the principle of relatedness: Estimation, drivers and implications for policy. Research Policy, In press. Download
Neffke, F., Nedelkoska, L. and Wiederhold, S., 2024. Skill mismatch and the costs of job displacement. Research Policy, 53(2), p.104933. Download

2023

Frenken, K., Neffke, F. and van Dam, A., 2023. Capabilities, institutions and regional economic development: a proposed synthesis. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 16(3), pp.405-416.
Diodato, D., Hausmann, R. and Neffke, F., 2023. The impact of return migration on employment and wages in Mexican cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 135, p.103557.
Van Dam, A., Gomez‐Lievano, A., Neffke, F. and Frenken, K., 2023. An information‐theoretic approach to the analysis of location and colocation patterns. Journal of Regional Science, 63(1), pp.173-213.

2022

F. Ribeiro, A., Neffke, F. and Hausmann, R., 2022. What can the millions of random treatments in nonexperimental data reveal about causes? SN Computer Science, 3(6), p.421.
Crescenzi, R., Dyèvre, A. and Neffke, F., 2022. Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation. Economic Geography, 98(3), pp.199-227.

2020

Coscia, M., Gomez-Lievano, A., Mcnerney, J. and Neffke, F., 2020. The node vector distance problem in complex networks. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 53(6), pp.1-27.
Coscia, M., Neffke, F.M. and Hausmann, R., 2020. Knowledge diffusion in the network of international business travel. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(10), pp.1011-1020. Download

2019

Neffke, F.M., 2019. The value of complementary co-workers. Science advances, 5(12), p.eaax3370.
Hausmann, R. and Neffke, F.M., 2019. The workforce of pioneer plants: The role of worker mobility in the diffusion of industries. Research Policy, 48(3), pp.628-648.

2018

Neffke, F. M., Otto, A., & Hidalgo, C., 2018. The mobility of displaced workers: How the local industry mix affects job search. Journal of Urban Economics, 108, pp. 124-140. Download
Diodato, D., Neffke, F. and O’Clery, N., 2018. Why do industries coagglomerate? How Marshallian externalities differ by industry and have evolved over time. Journal of Urban Economics, 106, pp.1-26. Download
Hidalgo, C.A., Balland, P.A., Boschma, R., Delgado, M., Feldman, M., Frenken, K., Glaeser, E., He, C., Kogler, D.F., Morrison, A. and Neffke, F., 2018. The principle of relatedness. In Unifying Themes in Complex Systems IX: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Complex Systems 9 (pp. 451-457). Springer International Publishing.
Neffke, F., Hartog, M., Boschma, R. and Henning, M., 2018. Agents of structural change: The role of firms and entrepreneurs in regional diversification. Economic Geography, 94(1), pp.23-48.

2017

Neffke, F.M., Otto, A. and Weyh, A., 2017. Inter-industry labor flows. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 142, pp.275-292. Download
- Data paper: Neffke, F., Otto, A. and Weyh, A., 2017. Skill-relatedness matrices for Germany: Data method and access (No. 201704 (en)). Institut für Arbeitsmarkt-und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
Coscia, M. and Neffke, F.M., 2017, April. Network backboning with noisy data. In 2017 IEEE 33rd international conference on data engineering (ICDE) (pp. 425-436). IEEE. Download

2014

Otto, A., Nedelkoska, L. and Neffke, F., 2014. Skill-Relatedness and Resilience: Case Study Saarland. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 72, pp.133-151. (In German)

2013

Neffke, F. and Henning, M., 2013. Skill relatedness and firm diversification. Strategic Management Journal, 34(3), pp.297-316.

2012

2011

Neffke, F., Henning, M. and Boschma, R., 2011. How do regions diversify over time? Industry relatedness and the development of new growth paths in regions. Economic geography, 87(3), pp.237-265.
Neffke, F., 2011. Regional skill bases as a policy focus. Regional Insights, 2(1), pp.4-4.
Neffke, F., Henning, M., Boschma, R., Lundquist, K.J. and Olander, L.O., 2011. The dynamics of agglomeration externalities along the life cycle of industries. Regional studies, 45(1), pp.49-65.

Hosseinioun, M., Neffke, F. and Youn, H., 2023. Deconstructing Human Capital to Construct Hierarchical Nestedness. arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.15629.
Lee, E.D., Kwan, A.P., Hanel, R., Bhatt, A. and Neffke, F., 2022. Following the information footprint of firms. arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.07418.
Nedelkoska, L., Matha, S.G., McNerney, J., Assumpcao, A., Diodato, D. and Neffke, F., 2021. Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks, Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap. (Druid best paper award 2023)
McNerney, J., Li, Y., Gomez-Lievano, A. and Neffke, F., 2021. Bridging the short-term and long-term dynamics of economic structural change. arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09673.
Nedelkoska, L. and Neffke, F., 2019. Skill mismatch and skill transferability: review of concepts and measurements. Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography, pp.19-21.
Nedelkoska, L., Diodato, D. and Neffke, F., 2018. Is our human capital general enough to withstand the current wave of technological change? CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper Series.

Hartog, M., López-Córdova, J.E. and Neffke, F., 2020. Assessing Ukraine’s Role in European Value Chains: A Gravity Equation-cum-Economic Complexity Analysis Approach. CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper Series.
Coscia, M., Hausmann, R. and Neffke, F., 2016. Exploring the uncharted export: An analysis of tourism-related foreign expenditure with international spend data. arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.09893.
Coscia, M., Neffke, F. and Lora, E., 2016. Report on the Poblacion Flotante of Bogota (DC). arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05942.
Van Oort, F., Weterings, A.B., Nedelkoska, L. and Neffke, F., 2015. Ruimte geven aan economische vernieuwing. Arbeidsmobiliteit en skill-gerelateerdheid in Nederlandse regio’s.
Neffke, F.M.H., Nedelkoska, L. and van Oort, F.G., 2012. Skill-gerelateerdheid in de arbeidsmarkt van de provincie Zuid-Holland.
Atzema, O.A.L.C., de Groot, C., Neffke, F.M.H., Nedelkoska, L. and Van Oort, F.G., 2012. Vitale bedrijvenclusters in de regio Amersfoort.

Van Oort, F., Weterings, A.B.R., Nedelkoska, L. and Neffke, F., 2016. Arbeidsmobiliteit, skill-gerelateerdheid en stedelijke innovatie. TPEdigitaal, pp.104-121.
Van Oort, F., Weterings, A.B., Nedelkoska, L. and Neffke, F., 2015. Ruimte geven aan economische vernieuwing. Arbeidsmobiliteit en skill-gerelateerdheid in Nederlandse regio’s.
Neffke, F.M.H., Nedelkoska, L. and van Oort, F.G., 2012. Skill-gerelateerdheid in de arbeidsmarkt van de provincie Zuid-Holland.
Atzema, O.A.L.C., de Groot, C., Neffke, F.M.H., Nedelkoska, L. and Van Oort, F.G., 2012. Vitale bedrijvenclusters in de regio Amersfoort.

Germany, 1975-2014: ZIP
- industries (WZ73, 3-digits, NACE 1.0, 4 digits; NACE 1.1, 4-digits and NACE 2.0, 3-digits)
- occupations (KLDB88, 3-digits; KLDB88 IAB Scientific Use File classification)
Sweden: provided by Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis
- industries (SNI69, 1-5 digits; NACE 1.0, 1-5 digits; NACE 1.1, 1-5 digits and NACE 2.0, 1-5 digits)

Inter-industry relatedness matrices (SIC 3-digit and NAICS 2017 4-digit) for Li & Neffke (2024) based on co-occurrences at the:
- Establishment level
- Firm level
- City level
- Country level