National Industry Trade Shocks, Local Labour Markets, and Agglomeration Spillovers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Helm, Ines
• 署名单位: Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6527
• DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdz056
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 1399-1431
• 关键词: import competition; LIBERALIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; economies; GROWTH

摘要

Using a broad set of national industry trade shocks, I employ a novel approach to estimate agglomeration effects by exploiting within industry variation in indirect exposure to the other local industries' (national) trade shocks across local labour markets. This variation stems from differences in local industry composition and allows to test for the existence of heterogeneous agglomeration effects across industries. I find considerable employment spillovers from other tradable industries' trade shocks and even stronger effects within the same broad sector. Spillovers are larger for industries employing similar workers and are triggered predominantly by shocks to high-technology industries.