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1、毕业论文外文翻译RuralIndustryClustersRaiseLocalEarningsIndustryclustershavebecomeapopularstrategyforruraleconomicdevelopment,yettheirbenefitstothelocalareashavenotbeenfullyexamined.Laborisexpectedtobemoreproductivewithinclusters,whichshouldtranslateintohigherwages.Ouranalysisconfirmsthis
2、,showingthatworkers’earningsinruralindustryclustersareabout13percenthigherthanthoseofcomparableworkersoutsideclusters.Thewageboostissimilarforworkersregardlessofageoreducationlevel.Thepoorperformanceoftheruraleconomyinthe1980’sledeconomicdevelopmentexpertstosearchfornewwaystostim
3、ulatelocalgrowth.Onepromisingavenuefordevelopmentwastoencouragethelocationandexpansionofbusinessestablishmentsthatarelinkedbytheirinterdependenceascustomerandsupplier,orbytheiruseofcommonlocalresources.Suchspatialconcentrationsofactivity,orindustryclusters,wereexpectedtoraiseprod
4、uctivityforallestablishmentsinthecluster,thusencouragingotherfirmstolocatethere,andraisinglocalincome.Theideathatspatialclusteringcanraisetheproductivityofestablishmentsishardlynew,havingitsantecedentsineconomicwritingsoveracenturyago.Notsurprisingly,clustershavetraditionallybeen
5、equatedwithcities,ascitiesarebynaturerelativelylargeclustersofeconomicactivity.Yetclusterscanalsobenefitruraleconomies.Althoughprospectsfortheruraleconomyasawholehaveimprovedsignificantlysincethe1980’s,competitionfornewfirmsamongmanylocalareasremainskeen.Theindustryclusterappears
6、tobeadurablecomponentinthedevelopmentspecialist’sarsenal.Someofthelocalareabenefitsfromindustryclustershavebeenmeasured,butthepotentialeffectofraisingworkers’earningshasgonerelativelyunexamined.Inthisarticle,wereportfindingsfromananalysisofmanufacturingestablishmentsshowingthatwo
7、rkersinruralindustryclustersearnabout13percentmore,onaverage,thanotherruralworkerswiththesameeducationandexperience.Theboostfromclusteremploymentappearstobeaboutthesameinruralandurbanareas,onceindustrymixistakenintoaccount.Andalthoughonemightthinkthatthebesteducatedandmosthighlys
8、killedworkersshouldbenefitthemost,wefind