An Information Decomposition based on DSS- The Example of Manufacturing Employment Growth

This paper uses the data between year 1998 to 2011 of 31 provinces and cities to analyze the difference in the employment growth of manufacturing industry in these provinces as well as in eastern, middle and western regions. The results show that industry structure and regional factors have different influences in the employment growth of manufacturing industry in different regions and provinces and these influences have dynamic changes in different time periods. The fluctuation of the effects of regional factor on employment is not very significant; however it is significant in the eastern region especially after the break of economic crisis. The effects of regional factor on employment are relatively stable in the middle and western region and suffer little from the economic crisis.