Industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica: a descriptive analysis

Kumagai Satoru, Yasushi Ueki, Bullón David and Sánchez Natalia

No 499, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: This paper investigates the current situation of industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica, utilizing firm-level panel data for the period 2008-2012. We calculated Location Quotient and Theil Index based on employment by industry and found that 14 cantons have the industrial agglomerations for 9 industries. The analysis is in line with the nature of specific industries, the development of areas of concentration around free zones, and the evolving participation of Costa Rica in GVCs.

Keywords: Costa Rica; Industrial structure; Industry; Productivity; Economic development; Industrial Agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 O54 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03-01
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