Industrial Employment Growth in Spanish Regions - the Role Played by Size, Innovation, and Spatial Aspects



than average growth of productivity combined with a lower share of small firms, rejecting the
conjecture.

Figure 8.- Share of Small Firms versus Relative Productivity Growth

Baleares

О

Aragon


Asturias

O


Cantabria
O


La Rioja


Andaluc :fa


Com. Valenciana


“Г
о


C astilla-La Mancha


Castilla


Murcia


y Leon


Galicia


Extremadura

O


Canarias

O


Cataluna
O

ð. Pa^s Vasco

Madrid ʊ


Navarra

O


-r
3


Relative Productivity Grwoth


2. Spanish Regions’ Growth and Innovative Attitude.

The second hypothesis proposed at the Introduction of the article supported the idea that there
is a positive relationship between innovation activity and economic growth. Its application on
regional studies means that
those regions with a higher innovative attitude should be the
regions with higher growth
.

The variable selected in order to proxy the innovative attitude of Spanish regions is the share
of high and medium-high technological industries in total industrial employment
1213. Its
regional relevance is shown in Figure 9.


12 Industries included on this group are defined in the Appendix.

13 Other variables, specially R+D expenses as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product, were also proved, but
the results were very similar since this variable is highly correlated to high and medium-high industries share on
employment.


12




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