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Title: Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain
Authors: Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Suriñach Caralt, Jordi
Artís Ortuño, Manuel
Other authors: Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
Subjects: Recursos humans
Productivitat
Convergència econòmica
Economia regional
Espanya
Creation Date: Nov-2009
Publisher: Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
Series/Report no.: XREAP;2009-15
Abstract: This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical analysis of Spanish provinces between 1980 and 2007 confirms the positive impact of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical spillovers of human capital. In fact, in some specifications the spatial lag presented by tertiary studies has a negative effect on the variables under consideration.
CDU: 33 - Economics
331 - Labour. Employment. Work. Labour economics. Organization of labour
332 - Regional economics. Territorial economics. Land economics. Housing economics
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