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dc.titleMarshallian and Jacobian Externalities in Creative Industries
dc.contributor.authorGoya, Daniel
dc.contributor.orgunitCompetitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-01-19T00:01:00
dc.date.issue2022-01-19T00:01:00
dc.description.abstractMarshallian externalities are the benefits obtained by a sector due to geographical agglomeration, and Jacobian effects are spillovers related to the novel combinations that can occur in cities with diversified economic activities. This paper argues that most of the quantitative literature on creative industries is asking whether they are a source of Marshallian or Jacobian effects, inasmuch as a stronger creative sector is a direction of diversification that is likely to have positive spillovers to the rest of the economy. Exploring both questions under a common framework, the results are consistent with the existence of Marshallian but not of Jacobian effects, which calls to caution when making policy suggestions regarding the sector. The degree of specialization in creative sectors is associated with higher sales and a higher number of rms in those sectors, albeit at a decreasing rate. A similar relationship is found for specialization in creative occupations and the incomes of those workers. Though there is no evidence of spillovers from creative industries in general to the rest of the economy, analyses at a more disaggregated level could produce different results and useful insights for policy.
dc.format.extent52
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003992
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Marshallian-and-Jacobian-Externalities-in-Creative-Industries.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCreative Economy
dc.subjectCreativity
dc.subjectConsumer Demand
dc.subjectCreative Industry
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectAgglomeration Economy
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subject.jelcodeR12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
dc.subject.jelcodeZ19 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology: Other
dc.subject.jelcodeR58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
dc.subject.keywordscreative economy;Marshallian externalities;Jacobian externalities;agglomeration effects
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01263
idb.operationRG-T2959
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