Human Capital Spillovers, Productivity and Regional Convergence in Spain

Raul Ramos, Jordi Suriñach and Manuel Artís

No 4579, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical analysis of Spanish provinces between 1980 and 2007 confirms the positive impact of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical spillovers of human capital. In fact, in some specifications the spatial lag presented by tertiary studies has a negative effect on the variables under consideration.

Keywords: human capital composition; productivity; regional convergence; geographical spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O47 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2009-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-eff, nep-geo, nep-hrm and nep-ure
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Published - published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2010, 89 (2), 435-447

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