Universities and regional economic growth in Spanish regions

Néstor Néstor Duch-Brown (), Javier García-Estévez () and Martí Parellada-Sabata ()
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Néstor Néstor Duch-Brown: University of Barcelona & IEB
Javier García-Estévez: University of Barcelona & IEB
Martí Parellada-Sabata: University of Barcelona & IEB
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Néstor Duch Brown

No 2011/6, Working Papers from Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

Abstract: This paper examines the main contributions of universities to the economic growth of Spanish regions. It calculates the separate effects of the different university functions on the regional economy, namely the creation of human capital, research and technology transfer. It includes a panel data set with the key variables of university activities and their effects on the economy at provincial level. The econometric estimations are based on information for all 47 public universities and include 34 Spanish provinces. The empirical results suggest that the growth of regional GVA is positively correlated to both the human capital created by universities and the stock of university patents

Keywords: regional economic development; universities; higher education; human capital; research; technology development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 O18 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2011
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