This paper uses NUTS3 sub-regional data for Great Britain to analyse the determinants of spatial variations in income and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational composition effect. For the former (but not the latter) we find a robust relationship with proximity to economic mass, suggesting that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the area. We measure proximity by travel time, and show that effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be important beyond approximately 80 min. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Spatial determinants of productivity: Analysis for the regions of Great Britain / Patricia, Rice; Anthony J., Venables; Patacchini, Eleonora. - In: REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0166-0462. - STAMPA. - 36:6(2006), pp. 727-752. [10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.006]
Spatial determinants of productivity: Analysis for the regions of Great Britain
PATACCHINI, Eleonora
2006
Abstract
This paper uses NUTS3 sub-regional data for Great Britain to analyse the determinants of spatial variations in income and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational composition effect. For the former (but not the latter) we find a robust relationship with proximity to economic mass, suggesting that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the area. We measure proximity by travel time, and show that effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be important beyond approximately 80 min. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
