Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the regions of Great Britain
Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the regions of Great Britain
This paper uses 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 for 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 that area. Proximity is measured in terms of travel time and we show that the effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be signficant beyond approx. 80 minutes travel time.
regional disparities, productivity, clustering
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Rice, Patricia
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Venables, Anthony J.
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Patacchini, Eleonora
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November 2006
Rice, Patricia
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Venables, Anthony J.
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Patacchini, Eleonora
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Rice, Patricia, Venables, Anthony J. and Patacchini, Eleonora
(2006)
Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the regions of Great Britain.
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 36 (6), .
(doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.006).
Abstract
This paper uses 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 for 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 that area. Proximity is measured in terms of travel time and we show that the effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be signficant beyond approx. 80 minutes travel time.
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Accepted/In Press date: 31 March 2006
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 July 2006
Published date: November 2006
Keywords:
regional disparities, productivity, clustering
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35022
ISSN: 0166-0462
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Patricia Rice
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Anthony J. Venables
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Eleonora Patacchini
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