Productivity Growth, Human Capital, and Technology Spillovers: Nonparametric Evidence for EU Regions

Peter Egger, Maximilian von Ehrlich and Harald Badinger

No 9425, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper assesses the strength of productivity spillovers non-parametrically in a data-set of 12 industries and 231 NUTS2 regions in 17 European Union member countries between 1992 and 2006. It devotes particular attention to measuring catching up through spillovers depending on the technology gap of a unit to the industry leader and the local human capital endowment. We find evidence of a non-monotonic relationship between the technology gap to the leader as well as human capital and growth. Spillovers are strongest for units with a small technology gap to the leader and with abundant human capital.

Keywords: Absorptive capacity; Nonparametric estimation; Technology spillovers; Total factor productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 N10 N14 O33 O47 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04
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