Agglomeration Economies: An Analysis of the Determinants of Employment in the Cities of Ecuador

被引：4

作者：

Paola Torres-Gutierrez, Tania ^{[1
]}

Correa-Quezada, Ronny ^{[1
]}

Alvarez-Garcia, Jose ^{[2
]}

de la Cruz del Rio-Rama, Maria ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] UTPL, Dept Econ, Loja 1101608, Ecuador

[2] Univ Extremadura, Fac Business Finance & Tourism, Financial Econ & Accounting Dept, Caceres 10071, Spain

[3] Univ Vigo, Fac Business Sci & Tourism, Business Management & Mkt Dept, Orense 32004, Spain

来源：

SYMMETRY-BASEL | 2019年 / 11卷 / 11期

关键词：

agglomeration economies; employment growth; economic growth; Ecuador; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; DIVERSITY; SPECIALIZATION; WAGE; EXTERNALITIES; SPECIFICATION; INNOVATION; SELECTION; LOCATION; PLANTS;

D O I：

10.3390/sym11111421

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The objective of this investigation is to study the role of agglomeration economies (manufacturing) in urban employment growth, as a proxy for economic growth, between 1980 and 2010 in Ecuador. The three measures of agglomeration-specialization, diversity, and density-are tested to determine their effect on employment growth in industries. The empirical analysis is based on firm- and city-level data from manufacturing activities. A model is proposed to estimate the effect of agglomeration economies on the growth of employment and a regression is conducted using instrumental variables. In particular, the two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimator is used. We conclude that localization economies measured by a specialization index have a positive impact on the growth of employment in the period analyzed. The results are similar to those obtained by other work carried out both in developed and developing countries.

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