Human capital externalities in cities: Evidence from chinese manufacturing firms

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 621-649

  Liu, Zhiqiang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

City economy; Firm productivity; Human capital externalities; J30; O40; R10

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; SPILLOVER EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84899848309     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt024     Document Type: Article

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