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A spatial analysis of inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality : evidence from China
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2020
with respect to entry modes and sectoral distribution. On the basis of a panel dataset covering 30 provinces in China from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211131
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Growth and the geography of knowledge
Aloi, Marta; Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna; Tournemaine, … - 2018
We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography, growth and regional inequality. We provide conditions for existence and uniqueness of a spatial equilibrium, and for the endogenous emergence of industry clusters. Spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810111
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The impact of the spatial population distribution on economic growth : evidence from the United States
Bürgi, Constantin; Gorgulu, Nisan - 2022
We look at a part of the spatial angle of economic growth. We introduce a new measure Spatial Population Concentration (SPC) that captures the weighted average population surrounding every person within a geographic area. The weights are a function of the distance between the person in question...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413313
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Local employment multiplier : evidence from relocation of public-sector entities in South Korea
Lee, Hwanoong; Ko, Changsu; Kim, Wookun - 2023
We exploit a series of public-sector entity relocations in South Korea as an exogenous source of variation in public sector employment to estimate the local employment multiplier. We find that the introduction of one public sector employment position increases private sector employment by one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014450751
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Spatial concentration of manufacturing firms in China
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Zhao, Zhao - 2014 - This version, June 2014
firms in China. Using a unique and detailed dataset on manufacturing firms in China, we are able to follow the changes in … location patterns of firms between 2002 and 2008. Our analysis shows that firms in China are more localized than in the UK or … state-owned firms. Our findings are consistent with the notion that China is increasingly liberalizing its economy, enabling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375399
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Foreign direct investment and regional inequality : a panel data analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2012 - This version: November 2012
Chinese case is analyzed as an introductory example. FDI has increased regional inequalities in China after the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687189
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Unemployment, growth and speed of transition in China
Fidrmuc, Jan; Huang, Shuo - 2013
We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the … China, furthermore, appears to be close to the level associated with optimal speed of transition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189833
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Credit constraints and FDI spillovers in China
Agarwal, Natasha; Milner, Chris; Riaño, Alejandro - 2013
This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign firms. Using firm-level data for 2001-2005, we find evidence of positive spillovers originating from FDI from countries other than Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for non-state...
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Sources of productivity spillovers : panel data evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2014
This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356360
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Firm-level productivity spillovers in China's chemical industry : a spatial Hausman-Taylor approach
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2014
This paper assesses the role of intra-sectoral spillovers in total factor productivity across Chinese producers in the chemical industry. We use a rich panel data-set of 12,552 firms observed over the period 2004 - 2006 and model output by the firm as a function of skilled and unskilled labor,...
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