Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Benjamin Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin	
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Email: ben.davies@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research 
Author-Name: David C. Maré
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Maré
Author-Email: dave.mare@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Title: Delineating functional labour market areas with estimable classification stabilities.
Abstract: We describe an unsupervised method for delineating functional labour market areas (LMAs) in national commuting networks. Our method uses the Louvain algorithm, which we extend to support top-down hierarchical LMA classification and estimable classification stabilities. We demonstrate our method using historical Census commuting data from New Zealand.
Length: 22 pages
Creation-Date:  2020-09
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/20_08.pdf
Number: 20_08
Classification-JEL: J61; R12; R23
Keywords: community detection; commuting; functional boundaries; labour market areas; networks
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:20_08