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2011

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The Spatial Distribution of Human Capital: Can It Really Be Explained by Regional Differences in Market Access?

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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.

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Economia regional, Política regional, Recursos humans, Geografia humana, Desequilibris regionals, Distribució (Teoria econòmica)

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Regional economics, Economic zoning, Human capital, Human geography, Regional disparities, Distribution (Economic theory)

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KARAHASAN, Burhan Can and LÓPEZ-BAZO, Enrique. The Spatial Distribution of Human Capital: Can It Really Be Explained by Regional Differences in Market Access?. IREA – Working Papers. 2011. Vol.  IR11/02. ISSN 2014-1254. [consulted: 12 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/58505

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