Arbeitspapier

The creative class, bohemians and local labor market performance: a micro-data panel study for Germany 1975-2004

The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975-2004. We apply two different es-timation methods, a panel VAR for the complete data set and a dynamic system ap-proach based on GMM for a modified data set collapsed to six five-year periods. We find that the local concentration of the Creative Class has predictive power for the economic development of a region and tends to outperform traditional indicators of human capital. However, our results do not support Florida's assertion that the creative workers flock where the Bohemians are. According to our findings, the Creative Class is attracted by favorable economic conditions as indicated by employment growth or an increasing wage bill.

ISBN
978-3-938980-19-4
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Arbeiten aus dem Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg ; No. 270

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Thema
Culture
Regional Development
Bohemians
Creative Class
Dynamic Panel Methods
Kreativsektor
Regionale Entwicklung
Schätzung
Alte Bundesländer

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Möller, Joachim
Tubadji, Annie
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg
(wo)
Regensburg
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Möller, Joachim
  • Tubadji, Annie
  • Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg

Entstanden

  • 2008

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