Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the long-term effects of policy measures for displaced workers. The focus is on the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at the LKAB mines in northern Sweden in 1983....

The paper at hand compares the relative importance of modern transport infrastructure for the regional development with the relevance of other region specific factors such as telecommunication networks, educational attainments, centrality and the potential for natural and technological hazards....