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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 3 Characteristics of South Korean regions in 2005.

From: A new approach to modelling the input–output structure of regional economies using non-survey methods

Region

Share of national output

Share of national employment

Share of intraregional inputs

Share of inputs from other regions

Share of inputs from abroad

Share of value added

Optimal value of δ

Gyeonggi

0.201

0.202

0.226

0.245

0.120

0.410

0.48

Seoul

0.182

0.254

0.237

0.173

0.060

0.529

0.32

North Gyeongsang

0.084

0.054

0.247

0.254

0.163

0.336

0.31

South Gyeongsang

0.073

0.067

0.223

0.284

0.125

0.369

0.32

Ulsan

0.071

0.025

0.202

0.240

0.283

0.275

0.41

South Jeolla

0.065

0.033

0.288

0.163

0.219

0.331

0.28

South Chungcheong

0.063

0.039

0.201

0.274

0.177

0.348

0.43

Incheon

0.055

0.048

0.175

0.288

0.171

0.366

0.45

Busan

0.051

0.074

0.200

0.266

0.077

0.457

0.32

North Chungcheong

0.029

0.030

0.181

0.307

0.104

0.408

0.30

Daegu

0.029

0.047

0.189

0.279

0.061

0.472

0.29

North Jeolla

0.027

0.032

0.192

0.304

0.074

0.430

0.34

Gangwon

0.022

0.029

0.198

0.230

0.044

0.528

0.22

Gwangju

0.022

0.028

0.165

0.307

0.099

0.430

0.37

Daejeon

0.019

0.027

0.133

0.281

0.065

0.520

0.44

Jeju

0.007

0.011

0.172

0.253

0.039

0.536

0.26

Mean

0.0625

0.0625

0.202

0.259

0.118

0.422

0.35

V

0.89

1.08

0.18

0.16

0.58

0.20

0.22

  1. Shares are expressed as a proportion of gross output. Seoul is classified as a ‘special city’; Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon and Ulsan as ‘metropolitan cities’; Jeju as a ‘special self-governing province’; and the rest as ‘provinces’. The last column displays the optimal values of δ from Table 4