Human capital accumulation and geographyempirical evidence in the European Union

1. López-Rodríguez, Jesús
2. Faíña, José Andrés
3. López Rodríguez, José

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Abstract

This paper evaluates the role that geography plays in determining the spatial distribution of educational attainment levels among EU regions, based on an extension of the standard two sector (agriculture and manufacturing) Fujita et al. (1999) economic geography model. We provide evidence that, in the EU, educational attainment levels are higher in those regions with greater market access. This finding corroborates the theoretical predictions of the model and proves that remoteness is a penalty for the economic development and convergence of the European Union regions.

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