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Skills, education and productivity in the KIBS sector : firm level evidence on the presence of externalities
Klaesson, Johan; Wixe, Sofia - 2011
levels? This paper aims to examine these issues with a particular focus on the importance of externalities. Externalities are … defined as region-specific economic effects influencing firm efficiency. These externalities can be broadly divided in the … following categories: i) urbanization economies which relate to diversity and density (Jacobs externalities), ii) localization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541593
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Diversity of human capital and regional growth
Noseleit, Florian; Söllner, Rene - 2010
In this paper we study the impact of diversity on regional growth by extending the existing literature in such that we differentiate between industry diversity and human capital diversity. In order to measure human capital diversity we construct a regional measure based on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619728
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The geographic reach of knowledge spillovers : a functional regression approach with precise geo-referenced data
Eppelsheimer, Johann; Rust, Christoph - 2019
This paper applies functional regression to precise geo-coded register data to measure productivity spillovers from high-skilled workers. We use a smoothing splines estimator to model the spatial distribution of high-skilled workers as continuous curves. Our rich panel data allows us to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317611
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Peer effects in secondary education : evidence from trends in mathematics and science study 2015 based on weak-tie bonds
Dannemann, Bernhard C. - 2019 - This version: February 2019
visible and non-visible characteristics, i.e., age, gender, foreign origin, or scholastic achievement. Externalities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230970
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Creative professionals and high-skilled agents' : polarization of employment growth? : 51st Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Barcelona, Spain
Wedemeier, Jan - 2011
The creative sector is one of the driving forces of total employment growth. Furthermore, economic studies suggest that the clustering of human capital might result in the polarization of economic development. Since the creative sector's de nition is motivated from the insights of the economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546880
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R&D-persistency, metropolitan externalities and productivity
Lööf, Hans; Johansson, Börje - 2010
Firms display persistent differences as regards both internal and external characteristics, and these differences correspond to asymmetries in the performance of firms with regard to productivity level and growth as well as innovativeness. This paper focuses on one internal characteristic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534334
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The productive city needs both : localization and urbanization economies across spatial scales in the city
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Lundblad, Joakim - 2015 - This version 2015-01-16
propose that specialization and diversity may offer externalities operating at different spatial scales. Using high …
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Renewable energy and negative externalities : the effect of wind turbines on house prices
Droes, Martijn I.; Koster, Hans - 2014 - This version: 30 June 2014
SUMMARY - In many countries, wind turbines are constructed as part of a strategy to reduce fossil fuel dependence. In this paper, we measure the external effect of wind turbines on the transaction prices of nearby properties. Using a unique transaction price dataset covering the period 1985-2011...
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On the optimal provision of social insurance : progressive taxation versus education subsidies in general equilibrium
Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander - In: Journal of monetary economics 77 (2016), pp. 72-98
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International credit flows and pecuniary externalities
Brunnermeier, Markus Konrad; Sannikov, Yuliy - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 297-338
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517062