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Skew Productivity Distributions and Agglomeration: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
Okubo T. and Tomiura E. Skew productivity distributions and agglomeration: evidence from plant-level data, Regional Studies. This paper empirically examines how the shapes of plant productivity distributions vary across regions based on Japan's manufacturing census. It focuses on the skewness to examine the asymmetry by estimating the gamma distribution at the plant level. By linking the estimated shape parameters with economic geography variables, it is found that the productivity distribution tends to be significantly left skewed, especially in cores, regions with diversified industrial compositions, regions with weak market potential and in agglomerated industries. These findings suggest that agglomeration economies are likely to accommodate heterogeneous plants with wide ranges of productivities.
Skew Productivity Distributions and Agglomeration: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
Okubo T. and Tomiura E. Skew productivity distributions and agglomeration: evidence from plant-level data, Regional Studies. This paper empirically examines how the shapes of plant productivity distributions vary across regions based on Japan's manufacturing census. It focuses on the skewness to examine the asymmetry by estimating the gamma distribution at the plant level. By linking the estimated shape parameters with economic geography variables, it is found that the productivity distribution tends to be significantly left skewed, especially in cores, regions with diversified industrial compositions, regions with weak market potential and in agglomerated industries. These findings suggest that agglomeration economies are likely to accommodate heterogeneous plants with wide ranges of productivities.
Skew Productivity Distributions and Agglomeration: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
Okubo, Toshihiro (author) / Tomiura, Eiichi (author)
Regional Studies ; 48 ; 1514-1528
2014-09-02
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Agglomeration , Productivity , Skewness , Heterogeneity , Plant-level data , 集群 , 生产力 , 不对称性 , 异质性 , 工厂层级资料 , Agglomération , Productivité , Asymétrie , Hétérogénéité , Données au niveau des usines , Produktivität , Schiefe , Heterogenität , Daten auf Werksebene , Aglomeración , Productividad , Sesgo , Heterogeneidad , Datos de empresas , L11 , R12
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