Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73785 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 88
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibriumshare of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasinaturalexperiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution ofbaroque opera houses built as a part of rulers’ competition for prestigious cultural amenities.Robustness tests confirm our strategy and strengthen the finding that proximity to a baroqueopera house significantly affects the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capitalemployees. Then, a cross-region growth regression shows that these employees induce localknowledge spillovers and shift a location to a higher growth path.
Subjects: 
Cultural Amenities
Regional Economic Growth
Human Capital
Bohemians
JEL: 
H41
J24
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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