Local Economic Structure and Growth

The author tests how the local economic structure-measured by a region's sector specialization, competition, and diversity-affects the technological growth of manufacturing sectors. Most of the empirical literature on this topic assumes that in the long run more productive regions will attract...

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Main Author:	Almeida, Rita
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE WAGE AVERAGE WAGES BUSINESS CYCLE CITIES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS CONSTANT RETURNS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DECREASING RETURNS DEMAND ELASTICITY DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMICS ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL WORK EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATES EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHARE EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTOR PRICES FIRM LEVEL GDP GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS GROWTH MODELS GROWTH REGRESSION HIGH CONCENTRATION INCREASE IN LABOR INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION EXTERNALITIES INTERMEDIATE GOODS LABOR COST LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUT LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR SUPPLY LOCAL FIRMS LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOCAL LABOR MARKETS LONG RUN METROPOLITAN AREAS MONETARY ECONOMICS NEGATIVE EFFECT POINT ESTIMATE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE REAL INTEREST RATE REAL WAGE REDUCED FORM EQUATION REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY RETAIL TRADE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT STANDARD DEVIATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TIME SERIES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL WAGE TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN AREAS WAGE GROWTH WAGE LEVELS WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6304740/local-economic-structure-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8654

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