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标题：Spatial Determinants of Productivity: Analysis for the Regions of Great Britain
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作者：Patricia Rice ; Anthony J. Venables
期刊名称：CEP Discussion Paper
出版年度：2004
卷号：2004
期号：7
出版社：Centre for Economic Performance
摘要：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.
关键词：regional disparities, productivity, clustering