Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the Regions of Great Britain
Rice, Patricia and Venables, Anthony J. (2005) Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the Regions of Great Britain. London, UK, London School of Economics, 36pp. (Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Papers, (CEPDP0642) ).
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Description/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 minutes.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Additional Information: | JEL classification nos: R1, O4 |
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| Keywords: | regional disparities, productivity, clustering |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: | 35324 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:28 |
| Contributors: | Rice, Patricia (Author) Venables, Anthony J. (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Additional Information: | JEL classification nos: R1, O4 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | London School of Economics |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35324 |
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