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Remoteness Equals Backwardness? Human Capital and Market Access in the European Regions: Insights from the Long Run
- Source :
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Education Economics . 2018 26(3):285-304. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In a recent contribution, Redding and Schott [2003. "Distance, Skill Deepening and Development: Will Peripheral Countries Ever Get Rich?" "Journal of Development Economics": 72 (2): 515-541. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00118-4] add human capital to a two sector NEG model, highlighting that remoteness represents a penalty that gives disincentives to invest in human capital. But is this hypothesis consistent with long-term evidence? We test the persistence of this effect at the regional level in an historical setting. The results show that market access has a significant positive influence on human capital in OLS, Tobit and IV regression models. Thus, the paper confirms the 'penalty of remoteness' hypothesis for Europe in the long run.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0964-5292
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Education Economics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1173038
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2017.1401979