Spatial Development and Agglomeration Economies in Services--Lessons from India

Ghani, Ejaz ; Goswami, Arti Grover ; Kerr, William R.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SKILLS;    SANITATION;    BUSINESS ACTIVITIES;    POPULATION DENSITIES;    DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7741
RP-ID  :  WPS7741

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Although many studies consider thespatial pattern of manufacturing plants in developingcountries, the role of services as a driver of urbanizationand structural transformation is still not well understood.Using establishment level data from India, this paper helpsnarrow this gap by comparing and contrasting the spatialdevelopment of services with that in manufacturing. Thestudy during the 2001-2010 period suggests that (i) servicesare more urbanized than manufacturing and are moving towardthe urban and, by contrast, the organized manufacturingsector is moving away from urban cores to the ruralperiphery; (ii) manufacturing and services activities arehighly correlated in spatial terms and exhibit a high degreeof concentration in just a few states and industries; (iii)manufacturing in urban districts has a stronger tendency tolocate closer to larger cities relative to servicesactivity; (iv) infrastructure has a significant effect onmanufacturing output, while human capital matters more forservices activity; and lastly, (v) technology penetration,measured by the penetration of the Internet, is morestrongly associated with services than manufacturing.Similar results hold when growth in activity is measuredover the study period rather than levels. Manufacturing andservices do not appear to crowd each other out of local areas.