# name
Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain

# metadata.dc.description.abstract[].value
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.

# metadata.dc.relation.isformatof[].value
Papers in Regional Science, 2010, vol 89, núm. 2, p 435-447

# metadata.dc.source[].value
Articles publicats en revistes  (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)

# metadata.dc.title[].value
Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain