Regional Productivity Dynamics of Manufacturing in Greece

Melachroinos, Konstantinos A.; Spence, Nigel

doi:10.1177/096977649700400402

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“…The inflexibility of the Greek large scale manufacturing labour market (part-time work is rare) and the fact that data refer to average annual employment eliminate further the possibility that differences in labour productivity growth rates are due to an expansion in hours worked. 2 In earlier work similar results have been reported to hold at a county level for a much longer period (Melachroinos and Spence, 1997b). By using a different measure, that of manufacturing GDP per employee, it was demonstrated that spatial inequalities in labour productivity levels actually deepened during the period 1970-1988.…”

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confidence: 62%

Capital and Labour Productivity Convergence of Manufacturing Industry in the Regions of Greece

Melachroinos¹,

Spence²

1999

Spatial Dynamics of European Integration

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper explores the process of manufacturing capital and labour productivity convergence across the regions of Greece. The starting point of the analysis is the evolution of current thinking about productivity in spatial analysis. It is suggested that the greater mobility of the factors of production within national borders is to a large extent responsible for the long-standing tendency of geographers to overlook regional productivity dynamics. Some definitional issues in the measurement of productivity precede the estimation of regional capital and labour productivity levels in Greece during the period 1984-1994. Some surprising results are generated. There are clear signs of convergence, but it is the main metropolitan area of the country that attempts to match the labour productivity levels of the other regions, while the latter strive to achieve the capital productivity levels of the capital. The examination of spatial variation in capital intensity makes clear that convergence trends are mainly the outcome of an adjustment process in response to economic crisis. A closer look at the regional incentive legislation reveals an unexpected culprit behind the trends.

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confidence: 62%

Capital and Labour Productivity Convergence of Manufacturing Industry in the Regions of Greece

Melachroinos¹,

Spence²

1999

Spatial Dynamics of European Integration

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“…However, these results may simply reflect the reality of economic performance in the 1980s. Other research has demonstrated that output and employment in prefectures such as Attica have been in heavy decline in this period, in total contrast to many areas in Northern Greece (Melachroinos and Spence, 1997). Table 6 also shows the results for the three groups of prefectures characterised by high, intermediate, and low levels of manufacturing output.…”

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Promoting Regional Economic Growth in Greece by Investing in Public Infrastructure

Rovolis

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2002

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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The role of public infrastructure capital in the development process, either at national or at regional levels, was a relatively neglected area of research until recently. The innovatory work of Aschauer, and the ensuing debate between himself, Munnell, and Holtz-Eakin regarding the role of infrastructure in the development process in the USA, has spawned much interest in the issue. The authors aim to assess the impact of public capital on Greek manufacturing industries, especially focused at the regional scale. Capital stocks were estimated for the private and public sectors and Cobb—Douglas production functions were used in the analytical framework. The results suggest that the role of private capital in economic development in recent times has been marginal, as private investment has declined, whereas the role of labour and public capital has been both positive and significant. The authors segregate public capital into ‘productive’ and ‘social’ infrastructure; they argue that when productive infrastructure makes a positive contribution to production output, the impact of social infrastructure is insignificant and/or negative in most cases. The network effects of infrastructure are also estimated.

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“…Although, the evidence provided here, seems at a rst glance contradictory to the existing literature, this is not really the case. Similar ndings derive when the focus shifts from employment to other issues, such as the evolution of regional labour productivity (Melachroinos & Spence, 1997). The assumed industrial dynamism of several northern regions and the parallel decline of established industrial centres may be called into question when labour productivity trends are taken into account.…”

Section: Regions/yearmentioning

confidence: 70%

Constructing a Manufacturing Fixed Capital Stock Series for the Regions of Greece

Melachroinos¹,

Spence²

2000

European Planning Studies

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Although regional variation in rates of capital accumulation is considered a major component of spatially uneven industrial development, it remains largely an understudied area. The theoretical and methodological problems that surround the measurement of capital, generally, alongside the lack of necessary information about a wide range of speci c aspects, pose serious obstacles in any attempt to construct regional capital stock series. In such a context, the main aim of this paper is to make the best possible effort to construct a regional manufacturing xed capital stock series for Greece. The limited availability of information (not unusual in regional as opposed to national contexts) and the necessity of making some arbitrary, but speci ed, assumptions mean that the estimation steps have to be presented in detail to assess reliability. Four regional xed capital stock series for total manufacturing activity are generated. The results are then assessed in the context of uneven spatial development in Greece.

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Regional Productivity Dynamics of Manufacturing in Greece

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Capital and Labour Productivity Convergence of Manufacturing Industry in the Regions of Greece

Capital and Labour Productivity Convergence of Manufacturing Industry in the Regions of Greece

Promoting Regional Economic Growth in Greece by Investing in Public Infrastructure

Constructing a Manufacturing Fixed Capital Stock Series for the Regions of Greece

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