Spatial Determinants of Productivity: Analysis for the Regions of Great Britain

Anthony Venables and Patricia Rice

No 4527, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This Paper uses NUTS3 sub-regional data for Great Britain to analyse the determinants of spatial variations in income and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational composition effect. For the former (but not the latter) we find a robust relationship with proximity to economic mass, suggesting that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the area. We measure proximity by travel time, and show that effects decline steeply with time, ceasing to be important beyond approximately 80 minutes.

Keywords: Regional disparities; Productivity; Clustering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O40 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-08
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