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{"title":"Regional income redistribution in an era of rising market concentration","authors":"Roberta Capello,&nbsp;Kenneth Castillo-Hidalgo,&nbsp;Giovanni Perucca","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Starting from the superstar firm hypothesis of Autor et al. (2020), the paper conceptually analyses the regional industrial market power-induced effect on profit shares elaborating on the role of space. Our idea is that an industrial market power-induced effect exists, but this is heterogeneous across regions due to: i) the different capacity of regions to host superstar firms; ii) the multiplicative negative effects on inequalities that propagate in the area through the local <em>filière</em> of companies. We test these assumptions in European Union regions, thanks to a micro-level approach able to capture the real income redistribution between capital and labor remuneration, in different regions. The industry market power-induced effect on profit share is estimated for 82 industries competing at European level, observed between 2013 and 2019. Our findings suggest that the increase in the firms’ profit share is positively affected by an increasing industrial market power, and that this is higher, the larger the number of superstar firms located in the region. This effect is more intense in regions highly specialized in the same industry as the superstar firms located there.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144739058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"","authors":"Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100107","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adolescence socioeconomic segregation and high-skill jobs in adulthood","authors":"Sofia Wixe ,&nbsp;Charlotta Mellander ,&nbsp;José Lobo","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of neighborhood environments on children’s future outcomes has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. This study contributes to the existing literature by examining how neighborhood segregation during adolescence affects the likelihood of securing a high-skill occupation in adulthood. Utilizing comprehensive Swedish microdata, we control for intergenerational persistence in labor market outcomes and cognitive abilities through military enlistment data. Our findings show that growing up in neighborhoods characterized by high poverty and low educational attainment reduces the probability of pursuing jobs that require advanced higher education. In contrast, obtaining managerial positions seems less influenced by socioeconomic background. Furthermore, our findings reveal that obtaining a higher education and relocating to metropolitan areas can help mitigate neighborhood disadvantages, underscoring the importance of spatial mobility and access to university studies for disadvantaged youth. However, socioeconomic disadvantages at the family level remain persistent and challenging to overcome.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regional economic impact of the Next Generation European Union recovery plan","authors":"Miguel Ángel Almazán-Gómez ,&nbsp;Carlos Llano ,&nbsp;Julián Pérez ,&nbsp;Dimitris Kallioras ,&nbsp;Maria Tsiapa","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyzes the economic impact of the Next Generation Funds package of the European Union (NGEU), focusing on the allocation of NGEU funds across European regions and the impact on rent distribution using new datasets on direct investments and remittances. Employing the input-output framework this work assesses the effects of the pandemic and the implications of NGEU funds, considering two alternative scenarios of sectoral and regional allocation, and a second round of rent distribution. The analysis reveals that the positive effects of the NGEU are largely overshadowed by the negative impacts of pandemic in most regions. Additionally, when considering the final redistributive effect, including interregional capital and remittance flows, the spatial pattern shifts, indicating that despite overall improvements, core regions capture rents from peripheral regions, leading to anti-cohesion outcomes. These results prompt further investigation into the role of NGEU in regional recovery and cohesion, suggesting additional research into rent distribution and the long-term economic impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100105"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144653025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prioritising infrastructure investments based on agglomeration externalities: A methodological framework with evidence from Peru","authors":"Pedro Herrera-Catalán ,&nbsp;Coro Chasco ,&nbsp;Vicente Royuela","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this research is to propose a methodological framework for strategically prioritising infrastructure investments in areas with significant spatial concentration of economic activity. Such concentration generates agglomeration externalities, positively influencing economic growth and productivity. However, infrastructure investments aimed at reinforcing these externalities often involve equity-efficiency trade-offs, presenting policymakers with challenging resource-allocation decisions. Our framework comprises three sequential stages. The first stage involves identifying geographical patterns of industrial agglomeration through a non-parametric statistical methodology. In the second stage, spatial econometric models are estimated to examine how firm location choices respond to different categories of infrastructure: basic infrastructure (water, sewerage, electricity), accessibility to markets (primarily transport infrastructure), and access to production inputs (education and financial infrastructure). The final stage constructs a typology of high-return areas by integrating the findings from previous stages, aligning infrastructure priorities with industry-specific needs and local infrastructure endowments. Applying this methodology to manufacturing industries in Peru reveals substantial variation in industrial agglomeration patterns, with approximately one-third of industries showing statistically significant clustering. The analysis demonstrates that infrastructure endowments and spatial spillover effects considerably influence firm location decisions. The resulting typology highlights clear infrastructure investment priorities tailored to distinct regional characteristics and agglomeration potentials. The major conclusion drawn is that a systematic, evidence-based methodology enables policymakers to effectively target infrastructure investments, maximising economic returns and mitigating equity-efficiency trade-offs. This approach is particularly valuable in developing countries facing significant infrastructure deficits and resource constraints.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact evaluation of broadband investment on coverage and household internet use in rural areas","authors":"Ignacio Moral-Arce ,&nbsp;María Gorriti ,&nbsp;Miguel Gómez-Antonio","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work simultaneously evaluates the impact of investment on broadband coverage in rural areas and whether having better broadband coverage affects household internet use by analyzing variables such as the use of electronic commerce, employment opportunities, and interactions with the public administration, among others. We use panel data of Spanish municipalities with 100 Mb coverage and broadband investment information for the period 2013–2019 provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (MEADT), a survey on household internet use from the Spanish Statistical Institute, and other public databases. Our methodological approach combines the difference-in-differences method, Inverse Probability Weight (IPW), and the Instrumental Variable technique. The estimated reduced form is a second-best approach motivated by the lack of data on adoption. The initial results show a rural digital divide in Spain, with significant differences between urban areas (90 % coverage) and rural areas (38 %). The impact evaluation shows that rural municipalities that have made use of broadband investment subsidies notably increase their 100 Mb coverage compared to similar municipalities that have not used this subsidies. Regarding the effect of better coverage on household internet use, the results indicate that high-speed coverage in rural areas does not significantly influence household internet use in these areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 3","pages":"Article 100099"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptive recovery and regional response: The impact of an earthquake on tourism industry dynamics","authors":"Roberto Urbani ,&nbsp;Fabrizio Colantoni ,&nbsp;Riccardo Persio ,&nbsp;Vladislava Stanková","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the impact of the 2009 earthquake in L′Aquila on the local tourism industry through the use of the Synthetic Control Method (SCM). Our findings have revealed a sharp decline in tourism supply in the short term, due to extensive infrastructural damage. Although governmental aid facilitated a partial recovery, in the medium term, the sector's growth trajectory has remained significantly below a counterfactual scenario, thereby highlighting the limited adaptive resilience of L′Aquila’s tourism industry to exogenous shocks. This result underscores the necessity of targeted policy interventions to enhance the long-term recovery and resilience of the tourism industry. Furthermore, our findings offer valuable insights for disaster response strategies and emphasise the importance of adaptive recovery planning and investments in risk management, particularly in regions that are vulnerable to natural disasters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 3","pages":"Article 100100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitalisation, platformisation and the transformations of local labour markets","authors":"Roberta Capello,&nbsp;Simona Ciappei,&nbsp;Camilla Lenzi","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid technological progress, primarily in the fields of artificial intelligence and advanced automation, have relaunched the debate regarding their impact on employment, highlighting vast heterogeneity across occupational groups, with the least skilled and least educated workers proving to be the most vulnerable to substitution effects. This paper re-examines this statement by conceptually and empirically distinguishing digitalisation from platformisation, depending on their use of digital tools for the organisation of market transactions, and shows their positive, though highly selective, effects for specific occupational groups. Based on an empirical analysis of Italian NUTS3 regions in the period 2018–2023, the paper highlights the role of platforms for the creation of gig jobs, as much as the importance of advanced digitalisation for the creation of creative ones, highlighting an undesirable downgrading of jobs and an enduring polarisation trend in labour markets, which calls for mitigating policies accompanying the diffusion of digitalisation and platformisation in the upcoming years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Place-based policies and innovation: The contrasting roles of central and local special economic zones","authors":"Longfei Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100102","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper establishes the linkage between place-based policies and growth from the perspective of regional innovation, using China as a case study. Leveraging extensive data on special economic zones (SEZs) and patent data, I examine the causal effects and underlying channels of SEZ introduction on regional innovation outcome. Through a set of difference-in-differences estimations at the county level, the empirical findings demonstrate that central and local SEZs play contrasting roles in innovation. Specifically, the establishment of national-level zones significantly increases regional innovation outcome through the positive channels of improved transportation accessibility and increased start-up activities. However, the introduction of provincial-level zones has a negative impact on regional innovation outcome through the negative channel of the rising fiscal pressure of local government. Furthermore, the empirical results confirm that the SEZ effects vary with local development level and zone characteristics. These findings contribute significantly to the development of a context-tailored place-based policy toolbox.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Growth, working capital and refinancing: The geography of post-pandemic regional financial resilience in UK SMEs","authors":"Marc Cowling ,&nbsp;Ross Brown ,&nbsp;Weixi Liu ,&nbsp;Huan Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100101","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100101","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding how small firms adapt and adjust financially following exogenous shocks is crucial and acts as a harbinger of regional financial resilience levels. Therefore, it is important to determine what shape firms are in as they emerge from a shock such as the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly with regard to their ability to finance new growth enhancing activities. Yet not all firms are ready to invest in future growth and simply need an injection of working capital while others need recourse to refinancing existing debts. To flesh out the concept of regional financial resilience, this paper examines how SMEs across different multi-scaler geographies (i.e. regions, sub-regions and districts) of the UK have been raising new loans to finance growth, working capital and/or simply refinancing their existing debt. Using a rich loan dataset for the UK covering 2021–2024 we find stark spatial variations in the proportion of firms reporting growth as the key mechanism for using the loans and these are strongest at the most disaggregate unit of spatial analysis examined (i.e. districts). Our findings suggest the future development of the UK economy is likely to display a very uneven spatial pattern with some areas investing heavily in growth, while for others, addressing cash flow problems or issues associated with existing debts are paramount. In response to the pandemic, small firms are exhibiting a complex spatial patchwork of regional financial resilience across the UK’s deeply variegated space economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51458,"journal":{"name":"Papers in Regional Science","volume":"104 4","pages":"Article 100101"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}