In this paper, we examine the role of public capital in regional growth in France. Two main questions are addressed: (i) its effect on regional growth; (ii) its role in reducing disparities between regions. After building regional series of public and private capital, we estimate production...

In this article, comparisons are made of several spatial econometric approaches to estimation of multiequation models of small region development applied to rural community growth. Spatial extensions of the Carlino and Mills’s 1987 and Boarnet’s 1994 models are estimated to analyze...

Les auteurs proposent une analyse structurelle géographique (analyse shift and share) de la croissance locale de l'emploi entre 1990 et 1999 et s'appuyant sur l'évolution sectorielle des emplois industriels dans le zonage en aires urbaines. Ils mettent en évidence que l'augmentation de la...

In the European rural development policy special emphasis is placed on support of the agro-food industry which is regarded as an important economic development driver in rural areas. This paper analyses and compares the employment and population changes in Denmark and France in the period 1990 -...

[spa] Comunas rurales y pequenas ciudades en la jerarquia urbana . Un factor déterminante de las dinâmicas demogrâficas y del empleo de las comunas rurales y de ciertas pequenas ciudades es el alojamiento de las ciudades. Cuando se esta alejado de las influencias urbanas, la dinâmica...