Contribution of High-Technology Industry to Regional Economic Growth at Different Positions In The Distribution of A Region’s Size

Yujeung Ho

International Review of Public Administration, 2007, vol. 12, issue 1, 41-50

Abstract: This study investigates how high-technology industry leads to regional economic growth at different positions in the distribution of a region’s size by using the MSA data in the United States. For measuring the possible effect by the employment growth of a whole region (not within ahigh-technology industry), ahigh-technology industry is considered as a part of the export sector based on an economic base theory. Among several possible variations associated with the contributions of the high-technology industry, this study focuses on the region’s size on the grounds that the formation of multiplier effects depends on the scope and the scale of a region. Empirical results show that the high-technology industry generates a statistically significant and positive influence on employment growth in the whole region. Although it is weakly significant, this type of influence is unevenly distributed among different-sized cities. In particular, the influence tends to be substantially weak in medium-large cities.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2007.10805090

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