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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255948
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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005450786
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The Educational Bias in Commuting Patterns: Micro-Evidence for the Netherlands
Groot, Stefan P.T.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Veneri, Paolo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This study analyses the relation between education and commuting behaviour of Dutch workers. Results show that, ceteris paribus, higher educated workers commute further, both in terms of distance and time. In addition, higher educated workers are more frequent users of public transport and of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257066
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New Neural Network Methods for Forecasting Regional Employment: An Analysis of German Labour Markets
Patuelli, Roberto; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
In this paper, a set of neural network (NN) models is developed to compute short-term forecasts of regional employment patterns in Germany. NNs are modern statistical tools based on learning algorithms that are able to process large amounts of data. NNs are enjoying increasing interest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144453
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New Neural Network Methods for Forecasting Regional Employment: An Analysis of German Labour Markets
Patuelli, Roberto; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
In this paper, a set of neural network (NN) models is developed to compute short-term forecasts of regional employment patterns in Germany. NNs are modern statistical tools based on learning algorithms that are able to process large amounts of data. NNs are enjoying increasing interest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256595
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Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity
Teulings, Coen; Ossokina, Ioulia; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272585
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A Geometry of Specialization
Francois, Joseph F.; Nelson, Douglas - Tinbergen Instituut - 1998
Division of labor models have become a standard analytical tool, along withcompetitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development, and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255549
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Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
Cities have become playing grounds for competitive behaviour and rapid economic dynamics. But in many cities (or urban agglomerations) economic growth is mainly manifested in specific geographic areas, where creative people and innovative entrepreneurs are located. This paper offers first the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255923
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Firm Formation and Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
In the presence of agglomeration economies one might expect a relocation and concentration of industries. Then firm … agglomeration economies founded on microeconomic analysis based on households' and firms' maximization behavior, namely the real … market potential. Besides agglomeration forces, dispersion and human capital effects can be separated and explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256166
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Estimating the Skill Bias in Agglomeration Externalities and Social Returns to Education: Evidence from Dutch Matched Worker-Firm Micro-data
Groot, Stefan P.T.; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
relationship between agglomeration externalities and the level of education. While the positive relationship between economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261931