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Localized knowledge spillovers and regional employment growth : evidence from Germany

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dc.creator Bode, Eckhardt
dc.date 1999
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:16:42Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:16:42Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/2304
dc.identifier ppn:302486895
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2304
dc.description The present paper aims at explaining the regional deconcentration of economic activities in (West) Germany during the past two decades. Using an idea-based endogenous growth model that encloses several innovative sectors, that subjects economic activity to externalities of agglomeration, and that alows for interregional labor migration, we test the hypothesis that human-capital intensive activities in (technical) manufacturing R&D, manufacturing management, and producer services continue to concentrate on agglomerations because of localized knowledge spillovers, while manufacturing production which does not benefit directly from knowledge spillovers deconcentrates because of agglomeration diseconomies. As an indicator of economic activities we use employment instead of value added since data on value added, resp. income, are not available from public statistics in Germany at a regionally and occupationally sufficiently disaggregated level. The empirical results on employment dynamics in 75 West-German regions during the time period 1976-1994 are in line with the hypothesis on spatial deconcentration of manufacturing production due to agglomeration diseconomies, but clearly reject the hypothesis on ongoing spatial concentration of high-skilled workers driven by knowledge spillovers. Thus, we conclude that in Germany localized knowledge spillovers may have been too weak to ensure endogenous growth. Finally, a number of shortcomings with respect to theory and data availability are discussed.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kiel Working Papers 938
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C21
dc.subject O41
dc.subject R11
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Regionale Dezentralisierung
dc.subject Regionales Wachstum
dc.subject Neue Wachstumstheorie
dc.subject Mehr-Sektoren-Modell
dc.subject Industrielle Beschäftigung
dc.subject Industrielle Forschung
dc.subject Spillover-Effekt
dc.subject Agglomerationseffekt
dc.subject Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Localized knowledge spillovers and regional employment growth : evidence from Germany
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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