A Spatial Knowledge Economy

Davis, Donald R.; Dingel, Jonathan I.

doi:10.1257/aer.20130249

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“…Economists have long argued that the sharing of ideas and information facilitates economic innovation and growth [23,27,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Despite increased international trade and global integration, many scholars agree that innovation is fostered locally through networks of individuals possessing different types and forms of knowledge [23,30,34,37]. Critical to this process of endogenous development is the exchange of diverse types of knowledge and information.…”

Section: Labor Market Conditions For Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Economists embracing this notion of endogenous growth have shed light on the social assets contained in labor markets that play a critical role in economic development [23,27,28,[38][39][40][41]. Labor markets that foster the sharing of information through random meetings, chance encounters, and the promulgation of diverse perspectives have an advantage over labor markets with more rigid social structures where individuals are comparatively more isolated [23,27-28, 35,36].…”

Section: Labor Market Conditions For Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is an important gap because local labor markets have emerged as a crucial site for economic development [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]41]. The exchange of ideas, information, and commerce between workers from various companies has been shown to be a major source of labor market growth [23,27,28,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Therefore, just as gender diversity boosts (and gender segregation hinders) firm performance, it is possible that similar trends may occur at the broader level of labor markets.…”

Section: Labor Market Conditions For Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…and urban scholars have increasingly focused on local labor markets as crucial centers of economic growth [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. These scholars argue that labor markets with conditions that facilitate the exchange of ideas between workers are best positioned for innovation and growth in the creative economy.…”

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Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010

Scarborough

2020

PLoS ONE

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The exchange of diverse ideas has been shown to be a major driver of economic growth and innovation in local labor markets across the U.S. Yet, persistently high levels of occupational gender segregation pose a barrier to such exchange between women and men workers. Consistent with this, organizational sociologists have identified multiple economic benefits to gender diversity in workplaces. Yet, it is unclear whether these trends apply to local labor markets, which constitute the ecological geographic environment for firms. In this study, I use fixed effects regression models to examine the relationship between labor market levels of segregation and economic growth from 1980 through 2010. I find that gender segregation hinders the expansion of finance and technology sectors as two industries that rely on the exchange of information and innovation. Consequently, higher levels of gender segregation are also a bane to economic productivity, as measured through hourly wages. Results from this study suggest that gender equity, manifested in lower levels of occupational segregation, is a vital ingredient in the economic development of local U.S. labor markets. OPEN ACCESSCitation: Scarborough WJ (2020) Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227615. https://doi.org/10.

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Section: Labor Market Conditions For Economic Growthmentioning

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Section: Labor Market Conditions For Economic Growthmentioning

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Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010

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2020

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“…What is clear, however, is the growing polarization between cities and regions. Larger cities are more skill‐abundant and display higher skill premiums than smaller cities (Behrens, Duranton, and Robert‐Nicoud ; Davis and Dingel ). In other words, spatial inequality between cities and regions is driven by the uneven distribution of human capital.…”

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Human Capital and Agglomeration Economies in Urban Development

Thisse

2018

The Developing Economies

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Large and productive metropolitan areas play a growing role in the working of developed and emerging economies alike. This paper surveys the recent contributions of urban economics, highlighting the role of external increasing returns—called agglomeration economies in the context of a city, which are key in the development and functioning of large, prosperous cities. One critical feature of these mechanisms is their cumulative nature: once set in motion, they feed themselves. The various costs associated with city size put a brake on such mechanisms. In many countries, the unevenness of the distribution of skilled labor across cities is both the cause and the consequence of particular agglomeration economies. Human capital is beneficial to the cities, which attract skills and talents. However, cities’ spatial concentration exacerbates regional disparities at the risk of generating strong political and social tensions within nations.

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The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

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Inclusive green growth, which considers green growth, inclusive growth and growth, is a sustainable development model that aims to pursue the comprehensive and harmonious growth of humans, the economy, society, and the environment. Against the backdrop of the pandemic as well as sluggish economic development, the global economy is endowed with a driving mission that may affect inclusive green growth. This research primarily discusses the influence of digital economy agglomeration on inclusive green growth and its transmission mechanism in China. Specifically, the slacks-based measure of directional distance functions (SBM-DDF) model was integrated with the global Malmquist-Luenberger index (GML) to calculate inclusive green growth at the city level for 282 cities in China during 2004-2019. A measurement system for the digital economy level was constructed, and the degree of digital economy agglomeration in each region was further measured through geographic concentration. Based on these analyses, this research points out that digital economy agglomeration exerts a positive influence on inclusive green growth. The transmission mechanism analysis indicates that inclusive green growth is influenced by digital economy agglomeration through energy consumption, environmental pollution, economic growth, human capital, industrial structure, and technological progress. Moreover, taking the "Broadband China" pilot policy as the starting point, a spatial difference-in-differences (SDID) model was used to analyze the policy effect. The results suggest that the "Broadband China" policy is conducive to enhancing local inclusive green growth, while it inhibits inclusive green growth in neighboring cities.

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A Spatial Knowledge Economy

Cited by 132 publications

References 64 publications

Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010

Occupational gender segregation and economic growth in U.S. local labor markets, 1980 through 2010

Human Capital and Agglomeration Economies in Urban Development

The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

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