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Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain

Raul Ramos, Jordi Suriñach and Manuel Artís

Papers in Regional Science, 2010, vol. 89, issue 2, 435-447

Abstract: Abstract 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. Abstract Este artículo analiza el impacto diferencial del capital humano, en términos de niveles diferentes de escolaridad, sobre la productividad regional y la convergencia. Se tiene en cuenta también la existencia potencial de spillovers geográficos de capital humano, mediante la aplicación de técnicas de datos de panel espaciales. El análisis empírico de las provincias españolas entre 1980 y 2007 confirma el impacto positivo del capital humano en la productividad regional y la convergencia, pero muestra una falta de pruebas de la existencia de cualquier tipo de spillover geográfico de capital humano. De hecho, el intervalo espacial que presentan los estudios de tercer grado tiene en ciertas especificaciones un efecto negativo en las variables consideradas.

Date: 2010
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