In this master’s thesis, functional regions by gender of persons in employment were analysed with statistical data on labour commuting between municipalities in Slovenia. Functional regions were modelled separately for male, female, and working population of both genders, using the third version of the CURDS method. The regions were analysed at macro and meso levels of Slovenia in three different periods: 2002–2005, 2009–2011 and 2016–2018. During these time spans, there were some changes in the boundaries of the analysed municipalities and in the methodology of data collection on labour commuting. At macro level 9 to 16 functional regions were calculated and 19 to 35 regions at meso level. We found that male persons in employment travels longer distances when commuting to work and also that distance to work is increasing for both genders. At the same time, we found that women persons in employment form locally specific functional regions that occur mainly in the eastern part of the country, while patterns of male labour commuting emphasize locally specific areas of labour mobility, especially in Gorenjska statistical region.
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