The main aim of this paper is a double one. On the one hand, we try to analyze the evolution followed by the intraregional economical disparities in Andalusia during the period 1955-1997. On the other hand, fundamentally with a descriptive purpose, we try to show the characteristics of the main...

Age structure and its dynamics are critical in understanding the impact of population growth on a country’s growth prospects. Using state-level data from India, we show that the pace of demographic transition varies across states, and that these differences are likely to be exacerbated over...

A partir de una revisión de la literatura sobre las economías de aglomeración se resaltan los aportes de diversos trabajos teóricos y empíricos, en particular, los que se relacionan con las causas de tales economías. Como referencias principales se toman dos trabajos pioneros, el de G....

Existe una extensa literatura que pone su atención en los derrames de conocimiento como determinantes externos de la capacidad de innovación de las empresas. Estos derrames están asociados a las externalidades positivas que se reciben del entorno en materia de conocimiento; las cuales...

In this paper we explore the relationship between the spatial agglomeration of economic activity and regional economic growth in Spain during the period 1870-1930. The study allows us to revisit the existence of a trade-off between economic growth and territorial cohesion and also to examine...

A non neoclassical growth model with external effects among Spanish provinces is estimated through cross section and panel data Spatial Econometrics techniques for the 1970-2000 period. There are two kind of regional product determinants: spatial variables (intra and interregional agglomeration...

Con el propósito de identificar las aglomeraciones económicas y el impacto de estas en Bogotá, este documento presenta un análisis de patrones de localización y concentración geográfica de 19 sectores reales de la economía de la ciudad. La metodología utilizada se enfocó, en primer...

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

In a path-breaking but largely overlooked study, published in a festchrift thirty years ago (1975), Herman Van der Wee provided a comparison of prices and real wages of building craftsmen in the regions of Antwerp and south-eastern England, from 1400 to 1700. To do so, he constructed a composite...

While the skill-premium has been rising sharply in the US and the UK for 20 years, the Dutch skill-premium decreased for much of that period and only started to rise in the early 90s. In this paper, we investigate whether the Dutch skill-premium will rise in the next decades. To answer this...