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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325168
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Misspecification in Linear Spatial Regression Models
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2003
Spatial effects are endemic in models based on spatially referenced data. The increased awareness of the relevance of spatial interactions, spatial externalities and networking effects among actors, evoked the area of spatial econometrics. Spatial econometrics focuses on the specification and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325035
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Regional Population-Employment Dynamics across Different Sectors of the Economy
de Graaff, Thomas; van Oort, Frank G.; Florax, Raymond … - 2011
An important subset of the literature on agglomeration externalities hypothesizes thatintrasectoral and intersectoral relations are endogenously determined in models of localand regional economic growth. Remarkably, structural adjustment models describing thespatio-temporal dynamics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326283
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325489
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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis using TFP
Abreu, Maria; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - 2004
In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325577
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Regional Clusters of Innovative Activity in Europe: Are Social Capital and Geographical Proximity the Key Determinants?
de Dominicis, Laura; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, … - 2011
Finding proper policy instruments to promote productivity growth features prominently on the Lisbon agenda and is central in many national as well as European policy debates. In view of the increased mobility of high-skilled workers in Europe, ongoing globalization and increased interregional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325817
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The Empirical Economic Growth Literature
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Heijungs, … - 2002
The empirical economic growth literature is criticized for its lack ofrobustness. For different definitions of robustness, conclusions vary from 'almost everycorrelation is fragile' to 'a substantial number of explanatory variables are robust.' Were-analyze the empirical results of the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324921
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Growth and Inequality: A Meta-Analysis
de Dominicis, Laura; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Florax, … - 2006
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and empirical approaches have produced ambiguous results on sign and size of this relationship. Although there is a considerable part of the literature that considers inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325335
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International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications
Barro, Robert J.; Lee, Jong-Wha - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000
This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 2000. We discuss the estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718505
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A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010
Barro, Robert J.; Lee, Jong-Wha - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Our panel data set on educational attainment has been updated for 146 countries from 1950 to 2010. The data are disaggregated by sex and by 5-year age intervals. We have improved the accuracy of estimation by using information from consistent census data, disaggregated by age group, along with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622348