Regional Wage disparities in EuropeWhat role for Market Access?

  1. López-Rodríguez, Jesús
  2. Faíña, José Andrés
Revista:
Investigaciones Regionales = Journal of Regional Research

ISSN: 1695-7253,  2340-2717

Ano de publicación: 2007

Número: 11

Páxinas: 5-23

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

En este artículo se usa un modelo de Nueva Geografía Económica para estimar las disparidades en los niveles de salarios en la Unión Europea. Se deriva y estima una especificación econométrica que relaciona los salarios con la suma ponderada por la distancia de los PIB regionales. Las estimaciones empíricas del modelo se llevaron a cabo para una muestra de 160 regiones NUTS2 de la UE15 para el año 2000 demostrando que la geografía de acceso a los mercados es estadísticamente significante y cualitativamente importante en la explicación de la variación regional de los salarios en Europa. Además, se muestra que los incentivos para la acumulación de capital humano y actividades de innovación que se derivan del efecto acceso al mercado afectan también a la estructura espacial de salarios en las regiones de la Unión Europea.

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