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Spatial agglomeration, global value chains, and productivity: micro-evidence from Italy and Spain

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  • Cainelli, Giulio
  • Ganau, Roberto
  • Giunta, Anna

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We investigate the relationship between spatial agglomeration and firms’ labor productivity in Italy and Spain, examining firm-level heterogeneity in Global Value Chain positioning. We analyze a sample of 4, 025 manufacturing firms during the period from 2010 to 2014 and employ a shift-share instrumental variable approach. We find that agglomeration has a positive effect on labor productivity for suppliers but not for final firms.

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  • Cainelli, Giulio & Ganau, Roberto & Giunta, Anna, 2018. "Spatial agglomeration, global value chains, and productivity: micro-evidence from Italy and Spain," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 87912, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    Keywords

    Agglomeration; Firm Productivity; Global Value Chain; Italy; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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