Time Varying Agglomeration Effects on Total Factor Productivity in Spanish Regions (1995-2008)

Francisco Javier ESCRIBA ^[1] ; María José MURGUI ^[1]
1. [1] Universitat de València
  
  Universitat de València
  
  Valencia, España
Localización: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES, ISSN 1578-4460, Vol. 14, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 75-90
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The lack of capital stock data disaggregated to sector and regional level has led to the utilisation of employment and labour productivity trends as indicators to analyse the effect of agglomeration economies on TFP. This research estimates the direct impact of sector and regional factors on the TFP of regional industry in Spain during the period 1995-2008. Estimation techniques for a dynamic panel are applied finding evidence that specialisation economies and market size have a strong sectoral influence on TFP in both the short and long term. However, human capital and transport and urban infrastructures have a significant effect on TFP trends only in the short term. Our results confirm the doubts created by the use of employment behaviour to capture the influence of agglomeration economies on regional productivity.