dc.contributor.author
Billings, Stephen B.
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Johnson, Erik B.
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2017-10-20T11:15:06Z
dc.date.issued
2017-10-20T11:15:06Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/116857
dc.description.abstract
We introduce a nonparametric microdata based test for industrial specialization and apply it to a single urban area. Our test employs establishment densities for specific industries, a population counterfactual, and a new correction for múltiple hypothesis testing to determine the statistical significance of specialization across both places and industries. Results highlight patterns of specialization which are extremely varied, with downtown places specializing in a number of service sector industries, while more suburban places specialize in both manufacturing and service industries. Business service industries are subject to more specialization than non-business service industries while the manufacturing sector contains the lowest representation of industries with specialized places. Finally, we compare the results of our test for specialization with recent tests of localization and show how these two classes of measures highlight the presence of both industry as well as place specific agglomerative forces.
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application/pdf
dc.publisher
Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
dc.relation
Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions
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IEB Working Paper 2010/40
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[WP E-IEB10/40]
dc.rights
cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Billings et al., 2010
dc.rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers
dc.subject
Industrialització
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Recerca industrial
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Estadística no paramètrica
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Industrialization
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Industrial research
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Nonparametric statistics
dc.title
A nonparametric test for industrial specialization
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
