Rice, Patricia and Venables, Tony (2004) Spatial determinants of productivity: analysis for the regions of Great Britain. CEPDP, 642. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753017687
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Abstract
This paper uses NUTS3 sub-regional data for Great Britain to analyse the determinants of spatial variations in income and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational composition effect. For the former (but not the latter) we find a robust relationship with proximity to economic mass, suggesting that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the area. We measure proximity by travel time, and show that effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be important beyond approximately 80 minutes.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 2004 the authors |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | regional disparities, productivity, clustering |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Economics |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 642 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/2040/ |
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