Human Capital Spillovers, Productivity and Regional Convergence in Spain

By Raúl Ramos Lobo, J. S. Caralt, Manuel A. Ortuño. Social Science Research Network, 2009

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This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical analysis of Spanish provinces between 1980 and 2007 confirms the positive impact of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical spillovers of human capital. In fact, in some specifications the spatial lag presented by tertiary studies has a negative effect on the variables under consideration.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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• What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States (2017, unknown): “A connection between skills and growth also holds within German (Südekum, 2010), Spain (Ramos et al., 2010), and Europe more broadly (Badinger and Tondl, 2002; Rodríguez-Pose and Vilalta-Bufí, 2005).”