TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial determinants of productivity
T2 - analysis for the regions of Great Britain
AU - Rice, Patricia
AU - Venables, Anthony J.
AU - Patacchini, Eleonora
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - 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 min.
AB - 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 min.
KW - Clustering
KW - Productivity
KW - Regional disparities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33749127472&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33749127472
VL - 36
SP - 727
EP - 752
JO - Regional Science and Urban Economics
JF - Regional Science and Urban Economics
SN - 0166-0462
IS - 6
ER -