WP/084 Measuring Industry Agglomeration and Identifying the Driving Forces
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WP/084 Measuring Industry Agglomeration and Identifying the Driving Forces. / Howard, Emma ; Tarp, Finn; Newman, Carol .
UNU-WIDER, 2012.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - WP/084 Measuring Industry Agglomeration and Identifying the Driving Forces
AU - Howard, Emma
AU - Tarp, Finn
AU - Newman, Carol
N1 - JEL Classification: L14, L60, O14, O33
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Understanding industry agglomeration and its driving forces is critical for the formulation of industrial policy in developing countries. Crucial to this process is the definition and measurement of agglomeration. We propose a new measure and examine what it reveals about the importance of transport costs, labour market pooling, and technology transfer for agglomeration processes. We contrast this analysis with insights from existing measures in the literature and find very different underlying stories at work. An exceptionally rich set of data from Vietnam makes us confident that our measure is superior at least in developing country contexts.
AB - Understanding industry agglomeration and its driving forces is critical for the formulation of industrial policy in developing countries. Crucial to this process is the definition and measurement of agglomeration. We propose a new measure and examine what it reveals about the importance of transport costs, labour market pooling, and technology transfer for agglomeration processes. We contrast this analysis with insights from existing measures in the literature and find very different underlying stories at work. An exceptionally rich set of data from Vietnam makes us confident that our measure is superior at least in developing country contexts.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - industry agglomeration
KW - technology spillovers
KW - labour market pooling
KW - Vietnam
M3 - Working paper
T3 - WIDER Working Paper
BT - WP/084 Measuring Industry Agglomeration and Identifying the Driving Forces
PB - UNU-WIDER
ER -
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