Public Health Capital and Productivity in the Spanish Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data Model

Rivera, Berta; Currais, Luis

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.11.006

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“…Previous studies set different length of time spans such as 5-year time intervals (Islam 1995;Weeks and Yao 2003), 4-year time intervals (Rivera and Currais 2004) and 3-year time intervals (Madariaga and Poncet 2007;Ho 2006). To avoid sharp short-term disturbances or unrepresentative business cycle fluctuations and lessen possibly serial correlation in too short spans such as yearly data setup (Islam 1995;Weeks and Yao 2003;Rivera and Currais 2004), we opt for 3-year time intervals. 9 The years 1991-2011 constitute the entire time period studied and then yields seven separate data (time) points for each city: 1993city: , 1996city: , 1999city: , 2002city: , 2005city: , 2008city: and 2011city: .…”

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The spillover effect of FDI and its impact on productivity in high economic output regions: A comparative analysis of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, China

Wen

2014

Papers in Regional Science

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Using a dynamic panel data spatial Durbin model, this paper aims to examine FDI spillover and impacts on urban productivity in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and the Pearl River Delta (PRD). We find that FDI has positive impacts on local city's productivity but its spatial spillovers behave differently in the YRD and PRD. Spatial interactions cannot be neglected in urban growth; yet YRD and PRD demonstrates significant but opposite spatial growth effects. FDI accelerates the economic growth convergence in the YRD while slows down convergence in the PRD. Positive spatial spillover of productivity occurs in the YRD while negative spatial spillover occurs in the PRD. The results point to important policy implications for the two regions to attract FDI and promote urban development.

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The spillover effect of FDI and its impact on productivity in high economic output regions: A comparative analysis of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, China

Wen

2014

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Rivera and Currais analysed the rates of per capita GDP and NHE using the panel data of 24 OECD countries from 1960 to 1990, and reported that per capita GDP increased by 2.1% to 2.2% for every 1% increase in health expenditure [11]. In another study, they analyzed 17 regions of Spain from 1973 to 1993, and demonstrated that per capita GDP increased by 0.16% for every 1% increase in health expenditure [12]. Recently, the existence of coordination and causality between NHE and GDP has also become a hot topic among foreign scholars.…”

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Mathematical Models and Effectiveness Analysis of Government Education and Health Expenditures on Economic Growth

Huang¹,

Tang²,

Peng³

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This paper establishes a novel mathematical model to analyze the effects of government education and health expenditures on the economic growth. Based on the Cobb-Douglas production function, the analysis of education and health expenditures is conducted using the two-stage least square method and applying the Gaussian mixture model as the estimation method. The results provide not only the long-term relationship between education and economic growth, but also between health expenditure and economic growth. In addition, they show that both education and health expenditures have different contributions to economic growth, resulting in unbalanced development in various districts. We also compare the per capita public health and education expenditures and their economic effects in different regions. We conclude that the district with relatively less contribution may not necessarily increase their expenditure; hence, effective management may be more important. In accordance with the regional contribution divergence, the government should formulate corresponding policies to improve the allocation of education and health resources and ensure rational capital flow among regions.

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“…Along the same lines, MAS et al (1996), SALINAS-JIMENEZ (2003), and DELGADO and ÁLVAREZ (2004) confirmed that there is a significant positive contribution of infrastructure on both private production and the efficiency of Spanish regions. Moreover, RIVERA and CURRAIS (2004) found the striking result that current government health spending has consistently significant positive effects on productivity, while governmental investment in healthcare does not. Note: ***, **, *Significant at 1%, 5% and 10% levels, respectively.…”

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Partisan Alignment Effects on Total Factor Productivity

Aray

2014

Regional Studies

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ARAY H. Partisan alignment effects on total factor productivity, Regional Studies. Unlike the literature on political effects on real economy that suggests that partisan effects accrue through aggregate demand, it is hypothesized that such effects could also accrue through aggregate supply. Using panel data for the Spanish regions over the 1986-2010 period, the main results are: (1) partisan alignment effects only arise when central government enjoys a majority; (2) there exist a positive contemporaneous effect and negative lagged effects; and (3) in absolute value, such effects vanish over time. Results are robust to different specifications and measures of total factor productivity (TFP) and methods of estimation. Partisan theoryDistributive politics Growth accounting Panel data Spanish regionsARAY H. L'impact de l'alignement partisan sur la productivité globale des facteurs, Regional Studies. À la différence de la documentation à propos de l'impact politique sur l'économie réelle qui laisse supposer que la demande globale pourrait entraîner un impact partisan, on postule que l'offre globale pourrait également amener à de tels effets. Employant des données de panel auprès des régions espagnoles pour la période allant de 1986 à 2010, les principaux résultats sont les suivants: primo, l'impact de l'alignement partisan ne se produit que lorsque le parti au pouvoir a la majorité; secundo, il existe un effet simultané positif et des effets décalés négatifs; et, tertio, en valeur absolue, de tels effets se dissipent dans le temps. Les résultats sont fiables pour ce qui est des spécifications et des mesures différentes de la productivité globale des facteurs (PGF) et des méthodes d'estimation. Théorie partisane Politique distributive Comptabilité de croissance Données de panel Régions espagnoles ARAY H. Auswirkungen der Parteiendifferenz auf die Gesamtfaktorproduktivität, Regional Studies. Im Gegensatz zur Literatur über die politischen Auswirkungen auf die Realwirtschaft, in der nahegelegt wird, dass Effekte der Parteiendifferenz durch die Gesamtnachfrage entstehen, lautet die Hypothese dieses Beitrags, dass solche Auswirkungen auch durch das Gesamtangebot auftreten können. Bei einer Nutzung von Paneldaten für die spanischen Regionen im Zeitraum von 1986 bis 2010 kommt es zu den folgenden Hauptergebnissen: (1) Auswirkungen einer Parteiendifferenz treten nur auf, wenn sich die Zentralregierung in der Mehrheit befindet; (2) es gibt eine positive gleichzeitige Auswirkung sowie negative verzögerte Auswirkungen; und (3) als absolute Werte verschwinden diese Auswirkungen im Laufe der Zeit. Die Ergebnisse halten einer Überprüfung mit verschiedenen Spezifikationen und Maßstäben der Gesamtfaktorproduktivität bzw. Schätzmethoden stand. Parteiendifferenzhypothese Verteilungspolitik Wachstumszerlegung Paneldaten Spanische RegionenARAY H. Efectos del alineamiento partidista en la productividad total de los factores, Regional Studies. A diferencia de la literatura sobre los efectos políticos en la economía real que sugiere que los...

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Public Health Capital and Productivity in the Spanish Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data Model

Cited by 46 publications

References 18 publications

The spillover effect of FDI and its impact on productivity in high economic output regions: A comparative analysis of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, China

The spillover effect of FDI and its impact on productivity in high economic output regions: A comparative analysis of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, China

Mathematical Models and Effectiveness Analysis of Government Education and Health Expenditures on Economic Growth

Partisan Alignment Effects on Total Factor Productivity

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