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WHAT ATTRACTS KNOWLEDGE WORKERS? THE ROLE OF SPACE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Author(s) -
Miguélez Ernest,
Moreno Rosina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/jors.12069
Subject(s) - negative binomial distribution , phenomenon , focus (optics) , variable (mathematics) , space (punctuation) , function (biology) , variables , economic geography , econometrics , microeconomics , economics , mathematics , computer science , statistics , epistemology , mathematical analysis , physics , evolutionary biology , optics , poisson distribution , biology , operating system , philosophy
The aim of this paper is to identify the determinants of the geographical mobility of skilled individuals, such as inventors, across European regions. Among a large number of variables, we focus on the role of social proximity between inventors’ communities. We use a control function approach to address the endogenous nature of networks, and zero‐inflated negative binomial models to accommodate our estimations to the count nature of the dependent variable and the high number of zeros it contains. Our results highlight the importance of physical proximity, job opportunities, social networks, as well as other relational variables in mediating this phenomenon.