TITLE:
The Effect of Agglomeration Economy of City Group on Employment: Evidence from Ten City Groups in China
AUTHORS:
Qiuyang Liu, Yinxia Mi
KEYWORDS:
City Group, Agglomeration Economy, Employment
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.8 No.5,
May
12,
2017
ABSTRACT: With the manner of treating ten city groups in China as the space unit,
the current research analyzes the micro data of Chinese industrial enterprises
during the period of 1998-2007 and investigates the effects of agglomeration
economy of city group on the employment in manufacturing industry by using the
fixed model. Specifically, results show that, both the city group economies of
scale and city group economies of scope, referring as the two types of
agglomeration economy of the city group, could significantly predict
employment.