Spatial agglomeration, Global Value Chains, and productivity. Micro-evidence from Italy and Spain

Giulio Cainelli, Roberto Ganau and Anna Giunta

Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 169, issue C, 43-46

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between spatial agglomeration and firms’ labor productivity in Italy and Spain, examining firm-level heterogeneity in Global Value Chain positioning. We analyze a sample of 4025 manufacturing firms during the period from 2010 to 2014 and employ a shift-share instrumental variable approach. We find that agglomeration has a positive effect on labor productivity for suppliers but not for final firms.

Keywords: Agglomeration; Firm productivity; Global Value Chain; Italy; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 D24 F61 L23 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.04.020

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