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Profiles of local growth and industrial change : facts and an explanation
Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2012
In this paper we take a detailed look at the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in German regions over the period 1978-2008. In the aggregate, the German economy is characterized by a secular decline of the manufacturing sector and a rise of the modern service economy. This trend of structural...
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A new regional balance : regional specialization and growth : an analysis of spatial divergence in Northern Europe
Cornett, Andreas P. - 2015 - Extended abstract
Changing pattern of global specialization and trade has affected the regional economic landscape in Europe significantly during the last decades, often even more than endogenous factors or policy measures. After a period of conversion, processes of diversion has reentered the scene, particularly...
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Does globalization affect regional growth? : evidence for NUTS-2 regions in EU-27
Polasek, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2011 - Preprint
We analyze the influence of newly constructed globalization measures on regional growth for the EU-27 countries between … globalization, integration and technology transfers on European regions. The results suggest that most regions have significantly … benefited from globalization measured by increasing trade openness and FDI. In a non-linear growth convergence model the growth …
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Engines of sectoral labor productivity growth
Bárány, Zsófia L.; Siegel, Christian - 2019
We study the origins of labor productivity growth and its differences across sectors. In our model, sectors employ workers of different occupations and various forms of capital, none of which are perfect substitutes, and technology evolves at the sector-factor cell level. Using the model we...
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Assessing the Brazilian Regional Economic Structure : a spatial output decomposition analysis : this paper was prepared to be presented at the European Regional Science Conference...
Perobelli, Fernando Salgueiro; Haddad, Eduardo Amaral; … - 2012
The use of an interregional input-output model enables us to better understand the regional economic structure of production. It provides a rich and detailed static picture of a specific economy. We can implement a comparison overtime and across space. The second one will be implemented in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508125
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Il Mezzogiorno al centro del Mediterraneo : geo-economia e logistica come motori di sviluppo
Deandreis, Massimo - In: L' economia reale nel Mezzogiorno, (pp. 305-329). 2014
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Industrial clusters as source of prospering regions? : economic structure and regional performance 1996-2005
Kubis, Alexander; Brachert, Matthias; Titze, Mirko - 2010
This paper explores the impact of industrial clusters on regional growth at level of German labour market regions within a regional convergence model. It focuses on vertically connected industrial sectors, which can emerge parallel to horizontal interconnections. Based on works of Schnabl (2000)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209009
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The European countries : the role of services : special session SS33, Services and the Territory: Spatial Aspects and Problems of Service Activities
Cuadrado Roura, Juan R.; Maroto Sánchez, Andrés - 2010
The relationship between economic structure and productivity growth has been a subject of increasing interest over recent decades. The innovative focus of this paper concerns the role of the service sector in this relationship at a regional level. Services play a core role in advanced economies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654183
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Geographic determinants of hi-tech employment growth in U.S. counties
Fallah, Belal; Partridge, Mark D.; Rickman, Dan S. - 2011
This paper examines the spatial pattern of U.S. county employment growth in high-tech industries. The spatial growth dimensions examined include industry cluster effects, urbanization effects, proximity to a college, and proximity in the urban hierarchy. Growth is examined for overall high-tech...
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Interregional spillovers and urban-rural disparity in U.S. employment growth
Saito, Hisamitsu; Gopinath, Munisamy; Wu, JunJie - 2010
A wide urban-rural disparity is observed in employment growth in the United States. For example, employment growth averaged 2.1 percent in urban counties during 1998-2007, compared with just 1 percent in rural counties. In this study, we examine the sources of U.S. employment growth using the...
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