The analysis of employment changes in the counties of East Azerbaijan; shift-share approach

The cities always were the focal point for growth and development. Understanding and exploring the city’s economy are necessary for all levels of planning. The shift-share is one of the main techniques for analyzing the regional economy. This technique has ability for exploreing the changes in employments either in national or local level in all economic activities. This article wants to investigate the employment changes during the 2006 til 2012. The data gathered form national statistic centre. The results showed that in the state level about 205865 people added to total employments in which the industry, finance and insurance and the real state were active sectors which absorbed 45, 35, 13 and 10 percent of all employees. During the study period, Tabriz, Maragheh, Marand and Ahar absorbd 77.3, 6.7, 5.3 and 4.7 percent of total employees. In the study period the industry sector among the counties except the Tabriz and Ahar had faced with stagnancy.