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Calidad del recurso emprendedor y productividad en España

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  • Salas-Fumás, Vicente

    (Facultad Económicas,Universidad de Zaragoza)

  • Sanchez-Asin, J. Javier

    (Facultad Económicas,Universidad de Zaragoza)

Abstract

This paper examines the contribution of entrepreneurs to productivity growth with data from Spanish Autonomous Communities (CA). The empirical analysis borrows from the theories that explain the existence and functions of entrepreneur as a result of division of labour when people differ in their entrepreneurial skills. We find a convergence effect in productivity of Spanish CA as quality of entrepreneurs increases over time due to the fact that those territories with higher entrepreneurial base at the beginning of the period are also those with lower productivity. We also find empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis that entrepreneurial cap- ital affects growth by acting as “knowledge filter”.// El artículo investiga la contribución de la cantidad y calidad de los emprendedores al crecimiento de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) en las Comunidades Autónomas Españolas (CA). El análisis empírico toma como guía las teorías del crecimiento económico basadas en las ventajas de la especialización cuando las personas difieren en sus habilidades, en particular en las capacidades para realizar las funciones propias de los emprendedores que el presente artículo resume en dos: dirigir recursos y hacer más permeables los filtros del conocimiento. Los resultados del trabajo empírico muestran un efecto positivo de la tasa de emprendedores al inicio del periodo en el crecimiento de la PTF del periodo siguiente, tal como predice el modelo basado en el emprendedor como director de recursos, resultado que se interpreta en términos de contribución a la convergencia de la productividad entre las CA. Igualmente se obtiene que el capital humano del recurso emprendedor contribuye a que el crecimiento en la intensidad de capital tecnológico por ocupado tenga un mayor efecto en el crecimiento de la productividad, lo que confirma las hipótesis de los emprendedores como agentes que hacen más permeable el filtro del conocimiento.

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  • Salas-Fumás, Vicente & Sanchez-Asin, J. Javier, 2010. "Calidad del recurso emprendedor y productividad en España," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(307), pages 719-757, julio-sep.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:77:y:2010:i:307:p:719-757
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v77i307.452
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    1. José G. Vargas-Hernández & Jonathan Daniel Chávez Ascencio & Omar Cristian Vargas González, "undated". "Innovation In Utility Craftsmanship: Analysis Based On Human Capital," Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives 202059, Reviewsep.

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    Keywords

    emprendedores; capital humano; elección ocupacional; crecimiento de la productividad; comunidades autónomas españolas; empresa;
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    JEL classification:

    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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