The impact of port throughput on local employment: Evidence from a panel of European regions

Governance models and port concessions in Europe: Commonalities, critical issues and policy perspectives

“…The emphasis on the port as a potential "instrument" for local development (Bottasso et al, 2013(Bottasso et al, , 2014 implies that the PA has to manage "wider" goals (i.e. employment, environment, etc.…”

Spatial effects of container ports on production of the leather, bag and shoe industry in Korea

“…These papers use an aggregated concept of economic growth which, however, prevents them from investigating specific impacts of a port on each manufacturing industry, each establishment, and over different periods. Although Bottaso et al (2013Bottaso et al ( , 2014 analyse spillover effects of port throughput on the regional growth of a port city and other regions, they also neglect to test the impacts of a port at the industry and establishment levels. These aggregated approaches that almost always produce optimistic results are limited because they do not explain why a major port exists in the face of a shrinking city, along with the demise of specific manufacturing industries in that city and its hinterlands.…”

High-Technology Employment and Transportation: Evidence from the European Regions

“…In the case of ports, a number of studies have been carried out, most notably by BOTTASSO et al (2013) andFERRARI et al (2010), both of which report that port throughput has a positive impact on employment in European and Italian regions, respectively. Here, however, the present paper does not include a variable for ports as the focus is on high-tech employment and ports specialize in moving goods with a low added value-to-weight ratio.…”