We quantify agglomeration spillovers by estimating the impact of the opening of a large manufacturing plant on the total factor productivity (TFP) of incumbent plants in the same county. We use the location rankings of profit-maximizing firms to compare incumbent plants in the county where the...

We present an analysis of the evolution of employment, productivity and wages in European regions. We estimate an econometric model for the rate of employment and real gross wage with a cross-section of 96 EU27 Regions at NUTS-1 level. We find stagnation in the average evolution of EU and strong...

<b>RESUMEN:</b><br> <br> La literatura empírica reciente muestra que el capital humano afecta positivamente al crecimiento de la productividad. Sin embargo, el debate continúa sobre la magnitud de esos efectos en diferentes territorios. En este trabajo se evalúa la contribución del capital humano a la...

International trade increases productivity; internal trade should too. The size and consequences of internal trade barriers are unfortunately not well known. Using unique Canadian data and multiple approaches to measure trade costs, we find internal trade barriers are large, especially for poor...

Industrial production per head has usually increased in EU countries and regions for the period 2005-2007, but for the period 2007-2013 it has diminished in many countries and regions, with negative consequences for employment, wages and economic development. We analyze the important positive...

<b>RESUMEN:</b><br> <br> Las spin-off universitarias constituyen un importante potencial para el desarrollo económico y social de un territorio. En el presente trabajo se aborda la importancia económica de estas entidades y su contribución a la creación de riqueza en el ámbito andaluz. Se analizan las...

<b>Resumen:</b><br> <br> La economía asturiana ha experimentado en los últimos treinta años una profunda transformación en su tejido productivo que no se ha visto reflejado en un crecimiento sustancial del empleo. La evidente mejora de la productividad, conjugada con una contención en el crecimiento de...

This paper examines three key issues encountered when estimating the relationship between agglomeration and multi factor productivity (‘agglomeration elasticities’): the sorting of heterogeneous firms, the convexity of agglomeration effects, and the challenges of identifying the impact of...

Cultural diversity in modern Russian society is determined, first, by the composition of the ethnic and cultural space, sometimes historically rooted in the distant past, and, second, by migration. Given the spatial characteristics of Russia, cultural diversity of cities and regions is driven...

I slightly modify the model of Monte et al. (2015) to estimate how workers in Mexican municipalities choose the location of their workplace based on the income gains from commuting to another municipality. Estimates are in line with the intuition: Static estimates for both 2010 and 2015 suggest...