Regional Wage, Productivity Differences and Location Choice of Manufacturing Sector in Turkey
Abstract
Theoretical models and empirical studies focus on, in general, local characteristics such as centripetal or centrifugal forces to explain regional differences in economic activities (NEG and UE). However, how the technological characteristics of the economic activities affect the location choice are other critical issues. To this end, the paper focuses on the technological properties of the manufacturing activities in Turkey, and investigates the links between regional distribution of manufacturing subsectors and labor productivity using some basic technological indicators. Technology indicators: Wage, labor productivity and firm size at sectoral-regional level.
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English
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Research Article
Publication Date
December 31, 2020
Submission Date
January 2, 2018
Acceptance Date
December 30, 2020
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Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 1