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Title: | The Spatial Distribution of Human Capital: Can It Really Be Explained by Regional Differences in Market Access? |
Author: | Karahasan, Burhan Can López-Bazo, Enrique |
Keywords: | Economia regional Política regional Recursos humans Geografia humana Desequilibris regionals Distribució (Teoria econòmica) Regional economics Economic zoning Human capital Human geography Regional disparities Distribution (Economic theory) |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IR11/02] |
Abstract: | This paper tests the robustness of estimates of market access impact on regional variability in human capital, as previously derived in the NEG literature. Our hypothesis is that these estimates of the coefficient of market access, in fact, capture the effects of regional differences in the industrial mix and the spatial dependence in the distribution of human capital. Results for the Spanish provinces indicate that the estimated impact of market access vanishes and becomes non-significant once these two elements are included in the empirical analysis. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2011/201102.pdf |
It is part of: | IREA – Working Papers, 2011, IR11/02 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/58505 |
ISSN: | 2014-1254 |
Appears in Collections: | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) Documents de treball / Informes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada) |
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