Creative social groups in Slovenia: contribution to geographic studying of human resources

Marjan Ravbar

doi:10.3986/AGS51204

Authors

Marjan Ravbar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS51204

Keywords:

geography, geography of human resources, creative social groups, Slovenia

Abstract

The article analyzes the spatial dispersion of creative occupations in various municipalities in Slovenia. The main conclusion, which can be drawn from the article, is the very uneven distribution of creative occupations, which are most dominant in national employment centres and suburban areas of city regions. Creative social groups undoubtedly represent a strong impact on the regional development, which is seen through GDP per capita. The areas with higher levels of creative occupations are more innovative and their social and economic development more dynamic. The analyses also show a positive correlation between the share of employed people in creative occupations and innovativeness based on the average number of patents per capita.

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