The spatial dimension of productivity: Connecting the dots across industries, firms and places

Alexandra Tsvetkova, Rudiger Ahrend, Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Alexander Lembcke, Polina Knutsson, Dylan Jong and Nikolaos Terzidis ()

No 2020/01, OECD Regional Development Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This working paper offers a synthesis of the current knowledge on the determinants of productivity. It carefully reviews both “spatial” (e.g. agglomerations, infrastructure, geography) and “aspatial” (e.g. human capital, labour regulations, industry-level innovation and dynamism) productivity drivers and demonstrates how the underlying spatial dynamics behind the latter group makes all productivity determinants “spatial” in nature. The paper demonstrates that productivity is inherently a spatial phenomenon and its understanding without a local/regional dimension is incomplete.

Keywords: cities; firms; industries; local development; places; productivity growth; regions; spatial productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R12 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-01-13
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