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Do high‐quality local institutions shape labour productivity in Western European manufacturing firms?
- Source :
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Papers in Regional Science . Aug2019, Vol. 98 Issue 4, p1633-1666. 34p. 15 Charts, 2 Graphs, 1 Map. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We investigate the extent to which regional institutional quality shapes firm labour productivity in Western Europe, using a sample of manufacturing firms from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, observed over the period 2009–2014. The results indicate that regional institutional quality positively affects firms' labour productivity and that government effectiveness is the most important institutional determinant of productivity levels. However, how institutions shape labour productivity depends on the type of firm considered. Smaller, less capital endowed and high‐tech sectors are three of the types of firms whose productivity is most favourably affected by good and effective institutions at the regional level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BUSINESS enterprises
*GEOMETRIC shapes
*LABOR
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10568190
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137846198
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12435