In this paper we study the impact of diversity on regional growth by extending the existing literature in such that we … evidence that regions with higher degrees of human capital diversity exhibit higher GDP-per-capita and employment growth, as … diversification encourage knowledge spillover and therefore promote regional growth mainly focused on the diversity of the regional …

and sanitation. Building on previous evidence on urban concentration and economic growth, in this paper we analyse … urban environment - in particular the quality of urban infrastructure - strongly determine the growth-enhancing benefits of … urban concentration (something that previous studies on urban concentration and economic growth have not considered …

The creative sector is one of the driving forces of total employment growth. Furthermore, economic studies suggest that … employment and on creative sector's employment growth in western Germany's regions from 1977 to 2004. For the analysis, the de … growth rate of total employment. The results show, moreover, that an initially large share of regional creative professionals …

We study innovation and the resulting Schumpeterian economic growth that this innovation gives rise to in a model with … balanced growth path (BGP) allocations and the equilibrium of interest. Second, we stipulate the form of the innovation … possibilities frontier that is consistent with balanced economic growth. Third, we derive the growth rate of the ith region in the …

of economic growth for 257 regions in the 27 member countries of the European Union. We first decompose the regional …, bohemians and non creative graduates) which are simultaneously included in a spatial model as determinants of regional growth …, we provide robust evidence on the growth enhancing effects of graduates, in particular for those of the creative category. …