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Human Capital And Urban Growth In Italy, 1981–2001

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  • Francesco Giffoni
  • Matteo Gomellini
  • Dario Pellegrino

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Over the last decades of the XX century, human capital has emerged as a critical source of agglomeration economies fueling urban growth in advanced economies. Focusing on the Italian case, this paper assesses the contribution of human capital to urban growth, the latter gauged by employment growth between 1981 and 2001. A 10% higher share of college‐educated residents prompted a higher growth in employment in the 0.5–2.2% range. These results hold controlling for a wide set of urban characteristics and using an instrumental variable approach. By exploiting a spatial localization model, we disentangle the estimated effect into two components related to higher productivity and to higher life quality, respectively. We found that the former contributed to more than 60% of the effect at municipal level, and to over 90% at the wider local labor market level.

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  • Francesco Giffoni & Matteo Gomellini & Dario Pellegrino, 2019. "Human Capital And Urban Growth In Italy, 1981–2001," Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(1-2), pages 77-101, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revurb:v:31:y:2019:i:1-2:p:77-101
    DOI: 10.1111/rurd.12100
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    1. Antonio Accetturo & Michele Cascarano & Guido de Blasio, 2019. "Dynamics of urban growth: Italy, 1951–2011," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 36(2), pages 373-398, July.
    2. Rosario Maria Ballatore & Vincenzo Mariani, 2019. "Human Capital Differentials Across Urban and Rural Areas in Italy. The Role of Migrations," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 5(2), pages 307-324, July.

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    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • N94 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: 1913-
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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