Study on the role of universities in the region through spatial economics

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23225
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
• Research Institution: Kagawa University
• Principal Investigator: Fukumura Koichi 香川大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20846349)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 空間経済学 / 地域経済学 / 租税競争

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we mainly considered a model in which firms compete for workers among regions through productivity improvement. Specifically, this is a competition for productivity improvement.
Managers of companies spend money to learn how to utilize the capabilities of their workers when they are not fully utilized, thereby increasing the probability of utilization.
We found an interaction between regions in determining the amount of learning and that while such learning has the effect of increasing regional productivity, the resulting higher wages also increase the cost of learning and reduce the amount of learning.

Free Research Field

空間経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的には、解析が難しいために従来顧みられることの少なかった、地域間移動の要因としての、能力の情報の非対称性について一定度明らかにしたことが意義である。
社会的には、地域における大学の役割の一つとして、従来の知識や技能を習得させるだけでなく、それらを活用させるために、地域の経営者に対して知識や技能の活用や評価の方法も教えるという役割を明確にした点が意義である。