D<sc>elfmann</sc> H., K<sc>oster</sc> S., M<sc>c</sc>C<sc>ann</sc> P. and <sc>van</sc> D<sc>ijk</sc> J. Population change and new firm formation in urban and rural regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Many regions across the European Union, including regions in the Netherlands, face population decline, entailing changing demographics and related social and...

Noback I., Broersma L. and van Dijk J. Gender-specific spatial interactions on Dutch regional labour markets and the gender employment gap, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper analyses gender-specific employment rates and the gender employment gap in Dutch municipalities for 2002. The novelty of this...

This foreword by Jouke van Dijk, president of ERSA, explains why ERSA is publishing REGION.

This paper analyses the response of regional labour markets in The Netherlands to region specific labour demand shocks. Whereas previous studies analyse only average patterns of all regions in a country, this paper provides also a more in debt analysis of within country differences in labour...