The role of e-skills in technological diversification in European regions

This paper argues that e-skills – capabilities associated with the use and development of digital technologies – enhance regions’ ability to draw on existing know-how and create new industrial paths. The empirical analysis focuses on the relationship between e-skills and technological diversification for a panel of European regions in the period 2000–12. It constructs novel indices of regional e-skill endowment distinguishing between basic users, professional users and expert developers of information and communication technologies. The econometric results show that e-skills foster technological diversification dynamics in European regions, and that this effect is particularly strong for less-developed regions, and for low levels of relatedness.

Citation
Fulvio Castellacci, Davide Consoli & Artur Santoalha (2019) The role of e-skills in technological diversification in European regions, Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1681585
Document type
  • Discussion paper
  • Research paper
Language

English

Publication Year

2019

Author(s)/Editor(s)
Fulvio Castellacci, Davide Consoli & Artur Santoalha
Geographical focus
  • Europe
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary

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