Lee, Neil and Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (2013) Innovation and spatial inequality in Europe and United States. Journal of Economic Geography, 13 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN 1468-2710
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Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow faster and have higher average wages. Little research, however, has considered the potential negative consequences: as a small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is fragmented, based on cross-sectional evidence on skill premia rather than overall levels of inequality. This article provides the first comparative evidence on the link between innovation and inequality in a continental perspective. Using micro data from population surveys for European regions and US cities, the article finds, after controlling for other potential factors, good evidence of a link between innovation and inequality in European regions, but only limited evidence of such a relationship in USA. Less-flexible labour markets and lower levels of migration seem to be at the root of the stronger association between innovation and income inequality in Europe than in USA.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic Geography |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Innovation ; Inequality ; European Union ; USA ; Cities ; Regions |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 58408 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 18 Sep 2012 12:38 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2013 09:04 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/58408 |
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