Is There Trickle-Down from Tech? Poverty, Employment, and the High-Technology Multiplier in U.S. Cities

Lee, Neil; Rodríguez‐Pose, Andrés

doi:10.1080/24694452.2016.1184081

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“…Therefore, creative cities become Smart Cities that offer the best conditions for innovation and economic growth. Hence, creativity, technology and innovation are at the heart of most smart city and urban development strategies (Florida, 2014;Lee and Rodríguez-Pose, 2016).…”

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Creative and science oriented employees and firm-level innovation

Brunow

Birkeneder

Rodríguez‐Pose

2018

Cities

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This paper examines the link between innovation and the endowments of creative and science-oriented STEM-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematicsworkers at the level of the firm and at the city-/regional-level in Germany. It also looks into whether the presence of these two groups of workers has greater benefits for larger cities than smaller locations, thus justifying policies to attract these workers in order to make German cities 'smarter'. The empirical analysis is based on a probit estimation, covering 115,000 firm-level observations between 1998 and 2015. The results highlight that firms that employ creative and STEM workers are more innovative than those that do not. However, the positive connection of creative workers to innovation is limited to the boundaries of the firm, whereas that of STEM workers is as associated to the generation of considerable innovation spillovers. Hence, attracting STEM workers is more likely to end up making German cities smarter than focusing exclusively on creative workers.

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Creative and science oriented employees and firm-level innovation

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Birkeneder

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2018

Cities

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“…Research for developed economies suggests a relationship between local employment growth and reduced poverty, although the relationship depends on local context (Partridge & Rickman, 2008a). Studies have also begun to consider the links between factors associated with growth, such as innovation or clusters, and poverty and inequality Breau, Kogler, & Bolton, 2014;Fowler & Kleit, 2014;Lee & Rodríguez Pose, 2016). In one of the few UK studies on this topic, McCulloch (2003) finds that local employment growth is associated with a higher probability of exiting poverty.…”

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Inclusive growth? The relationship between economic growth and poverty in British cities

Lee

Sissons

2016

Environ Plan A

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There is growing concern in many developed economies that the benefits of economic growth are not shared equitably. This is particularly the case in the UK, where economic growth has been geographically uneven and often biased towards already affluent cities. Yet there is relatively little evidence on the relationship between growth and poverty in the UK. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of the links between economic growth and poverty in British cities between 2000 -2008. We find little evidence that output growth reduced poverty. While growth was associated with wage increases at the top of the distribution, it was not associated with wage growth below the median. And there was no relationship between economic growth and the low skilled employment rate. These results suggest that growth in this period was far from inclusive.

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“…And overall spending on information and communication technology in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa is set to grow 2.5% year on year in 2019 to reach $213 billion (Manek, 2019). Areas of high-tech financing report renewed urban development, diversity and global citizenship (Berger and Frey, 2017;Chacko, 2007;Lee and Rodríguez-Pose, 2016). This has prompted attention from geographers interested in patterns of inequality, power and segregation (Phillips et al, 2014) and speculation about digital culture's role in a new politics of place (Amin, 2002;Cardullo et al, 2018).…”

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Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

Hardey

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the findings from longitudinal study conducted with women leaders in tech cities to understand the cultural and discursive burden affecting their professional experiences and the dominant cultural boundaries they regularly have to cross to legitimise their knowledge and expertise. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on research from the Gender in Tech City project that included serial interviews with 50 senior women leaders over three years at three different tech city sites. Findings The paper illustrates the differing spatialities that women continue to face within tech culture and how terms such as “women in tech” are problematic. Research limitations/implications This study adds to the conceptualisation of tech culture and gendered constructions within a spatial context; there is a need to strengthen this path of investigation beyond gender as a lone issue. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on spatial context, examining a new micro-context within tech culture that amplifies hidden biases and restricts the movement of women professionals.

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Is There Trickle-Down from Tech? Poverty, Employment, and the High-Technology Multiplier in U.S. Cities

Cited by 26 publications

References 31 publications

Creative and science oriented employees and firm-level innovation

Creative and science oriented employees and firm-level innovation

Inclusive growth? The relationship between economic growth and poverty in British cities

Women’s leadership and gendered experiences in tech cities

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