Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access?
This paper uses a New Economic Geography model to test for wagedisparities in the European Union. We derive and estimate an econometric specificationrelating wages to a distance weighted sum of regional GDP’s. The empirical estimationsof the model were carried out for a sample of 160 NUTS2 regions i...
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| author | Jesús López-Rodríguez Andrés Faíña |
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| description | This paper uses a New Economic Geography model to test for wagedisparities in the European Union. We derive and estimate an econometric specificationrelating wages to a distance weighted sum of regional GDP’s. The empirical estimationsof the model were carried out for a sample of 160 NUTS2 regions in theEU15 for the year 2000 showing that geography of access to markets is statisticallysignificant and quantitatively important in explaining cross-region variation in Europeanwages. We also show that incentives for human capital accumulation and innovationactivities arising from market access size are also affecting the shaping of regionalwages in the European Union. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b651e84e7db4111883267736706a4252022-12-22T00:52:42ZengAECRInvestigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research1695-72532007-11-0111523Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access?Jesús López-RodríguezAndrés FaíñaThis paper uses a New Economic Geography model to test for wagedisparities in the European Union. We derive and estimate an econometric specificationrelating wages to a distance weighted sum of regional GDP’s. The empirical estimationsof the model were carried out for a sample of 160 NUTS2 regions in theEU15 for the year 2000 showing that geography of access to markets is statisticallysignificant and quantitatively important in explaining cross-region variation in Europeanwages. We also show that incentives for human capital accumulation and innovationactivities arising from market access size are also affecting the shaping of regionalwages in the European Union.http://www.aecr.org/images/ImatgesArticles/2008/01%20Lopez-Rod.pdfEconomic DevelopmentEconomic GeographySpatial structureEuropean Union |
| spellingShingle | Jesús López-Rodríguez Andrés Faíña Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research Economic Development Economic Geography Spatial structure European Union |
| title | Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? |
| title_full | Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? |
| title_fullStr | Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? |
| title_short | Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What role for Market Access? |
| title_sort | regional wage disparities in europe what role for market access |
| topic | Economic Development Economic Geography Spatial structure European Union |
| url | http://www.aecr.org/images/ImatgesArticles/2008/01%20Lopez-Rod.pdf |
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