We compare the magnitude of local productivity advantages associated with two different spatial concentration patterns … in Italy – urban areas and industrial districts. The former have high population density and host a wide range of … productivity advantages for both urban areas and industrial districts. However, firms located in urban areas reap a larger …

local productivity advantages in two types of spatially concentrated regions: urban areas (UAs) and industrial districts … workforce employed in UAs. Over the last decade, the productivity premium of UAs has remained essentially unchanged, while that …

to the literature on industrial districts, the results help understanding why Italy's FDI on GDP ratio is lower than in …

In this paper we compare the magnitude of local productivity advantages associated to two different spatial … concentration patterns in Italy, i.e. urban areas (UA) and industrial districts (ID). UA typically display a huge concentration of … findings. We detect local productivity advantages for both UA and ID. However, firms located in UA attain a larger Total Factor …