Zhao Ting
College of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Zhong Lin
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University, China
ABSTRACT
This study looks at the effects of agglomeration economies on growth of labor productivity and its components at four specific reasons for this growth: Technological change, technological catch-up, physical and human capital accumulation. These are examined using data for Chinese provincial region-level during 1993-2009. It appears that agglomeration of economic activities of non-agricultural sectors has had beneficial spillover effects in improving regional TFP growth and its four components over the period of the study. Furthermore, empirical tests indicate that the agglomeration of non-agricultural sectors accelerate productivity growth through physical capital accumulation and technological catch-up.
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Zhao Ting and Zhong Lin, 2013. Agglomeration Effects on Regional Labor Productivity Growth: Mechanisms and Evidence in China. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4306-4311.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4306.4311
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4306.4311
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4306.4311
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4306.4311
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