Technological diffusion and productivity convergence across European regions: A spatial approach over the period 2000-2015

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What are the drivers of growth and convergence in productivity at regional level? Differences in the stock of human capital across regions are hypothesized to be the major cause of differences in the speed by which following regions converge and catch-up with the most advanced ones. In addition, we test the role played by R&D expenditures and institutions exploiting a database covering European regions from 1995 to 2015, which includes regional total factor productivity (TFP) computed by the conventional residual approach. We find robust empirical evidence for these hypotheses in terms of both model specifications and sectoral disaggregation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: EERI Research Paper Series ; No. 07/2021

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Institutions and the Macroeconomy ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
• Subject: Regional Studies ; European Regions ; Catching-up ; Total Factor Productivity ; Human Capital ; R&D ; Institutions ; Spatial Models ; Panel Data Models

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Manca, Fabio ; Piroli, Giuseppe
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI)
• (where): Brussels
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251111
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET