Local Functional Specialisation Matrices for Sweden

Martin Henning's study on the functional division of labour provides matrices mapping occupations into functional categories. The dataset, last updated in April 2026, is a 62.0 KB collection of XLSX and DOCX files. It introduces a measure of local functional specialisation to examine how local economies position themselves within spatially fragmented systems of value creation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the functional economic specialisation of local economies based on the introduced measure.
• Mapping occupations into functional categories for labour market research.
• Studying the vertical disintegration and spatial fragmentation of value creation systems.
• Comparing local economic positioning using the provided functional specialisation lens.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Provides a novel measure of local functional specialisation spanning private sector activities.
• Includes matrices that map occupations into functional categories.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its Swedish focus.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Martin Henning.

Collection Method

Likely derived from research on the functional division of labour and occupational data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 11:32:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Evidence from Sweden suggests a primary geographic focus.