Productivity Growth, Human Capital, and Technology Spillovers: Nonparametric Evidence for EU Regions

Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian (October 2013). Productivity Growth, Human Capital, and Technology Spillovers: Nonparametric Evidence for EU Regions (CRED Research Paper 4). Bern: CRED - Center for Regional Economic Development

Preview

Text CRED Research Paper No. 4.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY). Download (1MB) | Preview

This paper assesses the strength of productivity spillovers nonparametrically in a data-set of 12 industries and 231 NUTS2 regions in 17 European Union member countries between 1992 and 2006. It devotes particular attention to measuring catching up through spillovers depending on the technology gap of a unit to the industry leader and the local human capital endowment. We find evidence of a non-(log-)linear relationship between the technology gap to the leader as well as human capital and growth. Spillovers are strongest for units with a small technology gap to the leader and with abundant human capital.

Interest & Impact

Downloads

170 since deposited on 28 Apr 2020
32 in the past 12 months

Citations

5 Citations in Web of Science ®
6 Citations in Scopus

Search

in Google Scholar™

Services

Actions (login required)

Edit item

Actions (login required)

Edit item