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Bridging the gap in creative economy and ICT research: a regional analysis in Europe

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  • Kai Zhao
  • Mary O’Mahony
  • Amir Qamar

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Following Florida’s seminal work on the ‘creative class’ there is a great deal of interest concerning whether creativity, as an input, is important for regional growth. Answering this question requires developing a production framework that can distinguish creativity from other inputs. With data from Europe, this paper integrates the concept of information and communications technology (ICT) and the creative class into a theoretical production function. Findings reveal that not only is there a positive and interactive relationship between creative workers and ICT, but the combination of creative workers and ICT leads to higher levels of GVA growth. Moreover, creative workers were found to have a larger impact on growth in comparison with traditional human capital measures (i.e. graduates). Thus, findings from this research suggest that the creative class should not only pay attention to socio-economic preferences of individuals, but it must include wider social resources, such as ICT.

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  • Kai Zhao & Mary O’Mahony & Amir Qamar, 2020. "Bridging the gap in creative economy and ICT research: a regional analysis in Europe," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(29), pages 3153-3166, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:52:y:2020:i:29:p:3153-3166
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1706718
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    1. Muhammad Qayyum & Yuyuan Yu & Tingting Tu & Mir Muhammad Nizamani & Afaq Ahmad & Minhaj Ali, 2022. "Relationship between economic liberalization and intellectual property protection with regional innovation in China. A case study of Chinese provinces," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-17, January.
    2. Marlen Komorowski & Ruxandra Lupu & Sara Pepper & Justin Lewis, 2021. "Joining the Dots—Understanding the Value Generation of Creative Networks for Sustainability in Local Creative Ecosystems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-16, November.
    3. Rajeev K. Goel, 2022. "Contributions of creative outputs to economic growth: A disaggregated analysis," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3872-3881, December.
    4. Ari Sujatmiko & Mohammad Benny Alexandri & Ria Arifianti & Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata, 2022. "The Effect of Digital Entrepreneurship on Creative Cities in the Pandemic Covid-19 Era," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(4), pages 82-100.

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