Exports' productivity and growth across Spanish provinces

Asier Minondo (1)

1 Economics

According to recent studies, countries specialised in goods associated with high productivity levels grow faster than countries specialised in goods associated with low productivity levels. In this paper we analyse whether that relationship also takes place at the regional level. Using a unique, highly-disaggregated, regional trade database, we calculate the productivity level associated to Spanish provinces' exports and analyse whether provinces that latch on more productive exports have achieved higher rates of growth. Our results show that there is also a positive link between exports' productivity and growth at a regional level.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Asier Minondo. Exports' productivity and growth across Spanish provinces. Regional Studies, 2010, 44 (05), pp.569-577. ⟨10.1080/00343400902783255⟩. ⟨hal-00596604⟩