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- Lundberg, Johan, 1966-
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Using Spatial Econometrics to Analyze Local Growth in Sweden
- 2006
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In: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 40:3, s. 303-316
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The paper investigates factors that determine the average income growth and net migration rates in Swedish municipalities during 1981-99. The main issue is to test the hypothesis that conditional on a set of other possible determinants of regional growth, the growth rate in one municipality is affected by the growth rates in its neighbouring municipalities. The hypothesis of conditional convergence is also tested. A positive correlation is found between net migration rates in neighbouring municipalities, which suggests that net migration tends to 'spillover' to neighbouring municipalities. When it comes to average income growth, the results indicate spatial dependence in the error terms during the 1980s. However, there is no clear evidence in favour of the hypothesis of conditional convergence. Instead, the results predict conditional divergence between municipalities located in the Stockholm region throughout the period and also for municipalities outside the Stockholm region during the 1990s.
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- Andersson Järnberg, Linda, 1969-, et al.
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The composition of local government expenditure and income growth : the case of Sweden
- 2023
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In: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:9, s. 1784-1797
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper analyses the relationship between the composition of local government expenditure and income growth rate at the local level. Based on a panel of municipality-level data for Sweden spanning the period 1996-2015, we find indications of a negative relative 'growth effect' of education spending compared with both perceived non-productive expenditure shares and childcare and infrastructure spending, both viewed as productive. However, the robustness of these results is challenged when considering spatial interactions, and the choice of panel construction to address reverse causality. To some extent the results are confined to the assumption that local fiscal policy is exogenous.
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- Andersson, Linda
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Fiscal flows and financial markets : to what extent do they provide risk sharing within Sweden?
- 2008
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In: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 42:7, s. 1003-1011
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The objective of this paper is to analyze the amount of risk sharing that takes place between regions in Sweden. It is found that the capital market is the largest source of risk sharing of an exogenous change in gross regional product in Sweden. Still, roughly 20% of a change in regional output is smoothed among the regions through the fiscal system. There is also some evidence that there are regional differences in the sense that regions located in the south rely more on the capital market as a source of insurance against shocks in output, while the tax and transfer systems provide a larger extent of risk sharing for regions located in the north.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Ethnic enclaves and self-employment among Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden : ethnic capital or enclave size?
- 2021
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In: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 55:4, s. 590-604
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedish cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to transcend from having no employment to self-employment. We demonstrate a robust tendency for immigrants to leave non-employment for self-employment if many co-ethnic peers in the enclave are business owners, while we observe weak effects emanating from business owners in other groups. Net of these effects, overall enclave size, measured by the local concentration of co-ethnic peers, has a negative influence on the propensity for a non-employed immigrant to become self-employed. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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How Local are Spatial Density Externalities? Neighbourhood Effects in Agglomeration Economies
- 2016
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In: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 50:6, s. 1082-1095
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Andersson M., Klaesson J. and Larsson J. P. How local are spatial density externalities? Neighbourhood effects in agglomeration economies, Regional Studies. The geographic scale at which density externalities operate is analysed in this paper. Using geocoded high-resolution data, the analysis is focused on exogenously determined within-city squares (‘neighbourhoods’) of 1 km2. The analysis confirms a city-wide employment density–wage elasticity and an economically significant density–wage elasticity at the neighbourhood level that attenuate sharply with distance. Panel estimates over 20 years suggest a neighbourhood density–wage elasticity of about 3%, while the city-wide elasticity is about 1%. It is argued that the neighbourhood level is more prone to capture learning, e.g. through knowledge and information spillovers. This interpretation is supported by (1) significantly larger neighbourhood elasticities for university educated workers and (2) sharper attenuation with distance of the effect for such workers.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Mysteries of the trade? : Skill-specific local agglomeration economies
- 2022
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In: Regional studies. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 56:9, s. 1538-1553
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Do workers benefit from proximity to other workers with similar skill sets? This question dates back at least to Alfred Marshall. We use occupation groups to proxy skill sets and show that the answer likely depends on geographical levels, as well on regional hierarchy. Using longitudinal Swedish data, we document robust evidence consistent with highly localized spillovers at the level of sub-city districts between individuals in similar occupations. We further demonstrate less distance-sensitive benefits of working in districts and regions, characterized by high overall density (of employees in other occupations). We find no evidence of benefits from overall density outside Sweden’s three main metropolitan areas.
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Mysteries of the trade? Skill-specific local agglomeration economies : Skill-specific local agglomeration economies
- 2022
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In: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 56:9, s. 1538-1553
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Do workers benefit from proximity to other workers with similar skill sets? This question dates back at least to Alfred Marshall. We use occupation groups to proxy skill sets and show that the answer likely depends on geographical levels, as well on regional hierarchy. Using longitudinal Swedish data, we document robust evidence consistent with highly localized spillovers at the level of sub-city districts between individuals in similar occupations. We further demonstrate less distance-sensitive benefits of working in districts and regions, characterized by high overall density (of employees in other occupations). We find no evidence of benefits from overall density outside Sweden’s three main metropolitan areas. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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- Andres, Lauren, et al.
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Planning, temporary urbanism and citizen-led alternative-substitute place-making in the Global South
- 2021
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In: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 55:1, s. 29-39
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper argues that planning in the Global South needs to be embedded within a more complex and systemic framework based on understanding cities' functions and transformations, at both local and regional levels, whilst advocating for and incorporating informal and temporary dynamics. This is to differentiate between two competing processes: formal planning and citizen-led place-making, here considered as a form of reactive alternative-substitute place-making that occurs when there is no available alternative. The paper calls for a better integration of such impermanent, adaptable, temporary and alternative forms of place-making into the planning process for regional futures.
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- Anokhin, Sergey, et al.
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Technological Expansions, Catching-Up Innovations and Technological Shifts at the Regional Level : Conceptual Considerations and Empirical Illustration
- 2016
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In: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 50:8, s. 1433-1448
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Anokhin S., Wincent J. and Ylinenpää H. Technological expansions, catching-up innovations and technological shifts at the regional level: conceptual considerations and empirical illustration, Regional Studies. Few techniques can capture different types of regional innovations, despite the importance of distinguishing between the innovation types for practitioners and policy-makers. This paper develops and illustrates a methodology based on data envelopment analysis that could be employed to shed light on this critical issue. Different types of regional innovations are analysed based on a longitudinal analysis of all Swedish counties over a five-year period. The approach can be used to analyse and distinguish between expansion-, catching-up- and shift-based types of regional innovation. Regional innovativeness is shown to be related to the regional levels of entrepreneurial activity.
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- Aronsson, Thomas, et al.
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Household work travel time
- 1996
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In: Regional studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 30:6, s. 541-548
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study derives and estimates models for the work travel time of each spouse in the household conditional on both spouses' hours of work. The model is estimated using Swedish household data. The own labour supply has a positive impact on travel time for females and a negative one for males. The estimated effects of the other spouse's labour supply are insignificant. An overall test of whether the hours of work are weakly separable from work travel time indicates that this hypothesis cannot be rejected for males but can be rejected for females.
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