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Do creative industries enhance employment growth? Regional evidence from Colombia

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  • Mercedes Campi
  • Marco Dueñas
  • Tommaso Ciarli

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Do creative industries have positive spillovers for the local economy in middle-income countries? While in high-income countries several studies have shown that creative industries are highly innovative and productive, positively impacting the local economy, the evidence is scarce for middle-income countries. Using employment data, we studied the agglomeration patterns of creative industries in Colombia between 2008 and 2017. We found a positive relationship between creative industries’ agglomeration and employment in non-creative services industries. However, using a shift–share instrumental variable approach, we found no significant causality of an increase in creative industries’ employment on employment growth in other industries.

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  • Mercedes Campi & Marco Dueñas & Tommaso Ciarli, 2024. "Do creative industries enhance employment growth? Regional evidence from Colombia," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(3), pages 425-441, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:58:y:2024:i:3:p:425-441
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2210620
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    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities

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