Abstract
This article explores the interface between regional economic development, demographic change and occupational mobility. The importance of the regional work force to both operational and developmental issues in regional economic development is discussed, A pair of mathematical models are introduced which use Markov and Leontief-like models of job vacancy transfer to represent the regional work force as a set of interrelated occupations among which job opportunities flow. Each model deals with the formation, interoccupational transfer and absorption of job opportunities. The patterns of linkage forged by rates of interoccupational vacancy transfer are considered. Three archetypal patterns of occupational interaction are identified and related to dimensions of labor market performance. Tendencies toward or away from each of these three patterns influence the quality of work force participation in economic development through interoccupational job mobility. Implications of the work force connection for the design of regional economic development policy are discussed.
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