The Journal of Regional Science (JRS) publishes original analytical research at the intersection of economics and quantitative geography. Since 1958, the JRS has published leading contributions to urban and regional thought including rigorous methodological contributions and seminal theoretical pieces. The JRS is one of the most highly cited journals in urban and regional research, planning, geography, and the environment. The JRS publishes work that advances our understanding of the geographic dimensions of urban and regional economies, human settlements, and policies related to cities and regions.

The Journal of Regional Science (JRS) has been publishing original analytical research at the intersection of economics and quantitative geography since 1958. The journal features significant contributions to urban and regional thought, including rigorous methodological studies and seminal theoretical articles. JRS is one of the most highly cited journals in urban and regional research, planning, geography, and the environment, and it aims to enhance our understanding of the geographic dimensions of urban and regional economies, human settlements, and policies related to cities and regions.

《Journal of Regional Science》是一本自1958年以来出版的期刊，专注于经济学与定量地理学交叉领域的原创分析研究。该期刊发表了许多在城市与区域思想方面的重要贡献，包括严谨的方法论研究和开创性的理论文章。《Journal of Regional Science》是城市与区域研究、规划、地理和环境领域中被引用最多的期刊之一，致力于推动我们对城市与区域经济、人类聚落以及与城市和区域相关政策的地理维度的理解。

Journal of Regional Science

Abstract Using a panel data set comprising 284 prefecture‐level and above cities in China during 2005–2018, this study develops a theoretical mechanism harnessing the spatial Durbin model (SDM) to accumulate evidence and explain how innovation affects China's economic growth. It is found that regional economic growth is facilitated by local innovation activities as well as the absorption capacity of innovation and technology spilled over from other regions. This study also identifies 12 regional innovation poles across the country, which are found to have played a significant role in promoting urban economic development within a physical distance range of 150 km of a given region. This finding attests to the radiation effect from regional innovation poles in cultivating more such poles for China, to promote sustainable high‐quality economic growth, suggesting a route for China to avoid the curse of the middle‐income trap.

Yu Zheng

Alan Collins

Shujie Yao

Promoting sustainable and high‐quality economic development in China via regional innovation poles

通过区域创新极推动中国可持续高质量发展

Abstract We estimate the spatially heterogeneous effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on labor market dynamics in Germany until December 2021. While initially slightly stronger in rural regions and large agglomerations, adverse effects quickly become more pronounced and persistent in large agglomerations compared to all other region types. We ascribe the larger impact of the pandemic in large agglomerations to two factors. First, a combination of a higher share of skilled workers and jobs suitable for working from home is positively related to an increased inflow rate into unemployment. We argue that local spillover effects from reduced product market demand in large cities caused by changes in behavior such as working from home or online shopping are a possible explanation. Second, some of our results suggest that a lower outflow rate out of unemployment is associated with a higher precrisis unemployment rate in large agglomerations. This might reflect the less favorable composition of unemployment in large cities, which reduces the probability of transitions into employment during crises.

Silke Hamann

Annekatrin Niebuhr

Duncan Roth

Georg Sieglen

How does the Covid‐19 pandemic affect regional labor markets and why do large cities suffer most?

新冠疫情如何影响区域劳动力市场，为何大城市受影响最大？

Abstract The paper investigates whether firms have better access to bank credit in territories characterized by a larger degree of urbanization. It uses Italian bank‐firm data drawn from the Credit Register to devise an indicator of easiness of access to credit. The paper proposes an instrumental variable strategy that exploits as instruments past population density and urbanization driven by political economy considerations. The results show that urbanization positively affects access to credit for construction firms, whose collateral greatly benefits from thicker real estate markets. No impact is found for service and manufacturing firms.

Amanda Carmignani

Guido de Blasio

Cristina Demma

Alessio D'Ignazio

Urbanization and firm access to credit

城市化与企业获得信贷

ABSTRACT This paper links gender wage gaps with the urban wage premium. First, the study documents gender wage gaps are narrower in larger U.S. metropolitan areas in 2000 and 2010. Skill agglomerations are then considered to explain this. Specifically, if men and women employ heterogeneous skills, and these skills have differential productivities across city sizes, agglomerative forces may differentially reward men and women. Occupational data show that women are concentrated in jobs relatively more intensive in interactive and cognitive skills, while men are comparatively in physical skill‐intensive jobs. Decomposing the gender wage gap shows that explanatory factors (education, skills, and location) predict women would outearn men. Instead, agglomerative skill returns account for majority of the gap. These estimates suggest that even as women employ skills rewarded in agglomeration economies, they benefit less from agglomerations than men, resulting in the observed gap.

Marigee Bacolod

SKILLS, THE GENDER WAGE GAP, AND CITIES

技能、性别工资差距与城市

ABSTRACT Innovation intermediaries are instrumental in enhancing the efficacy of the innovation process, yet their accessibility tends to be geographically restricted, particularly in underdeveloped regions. This study examines whether the development of transportation infrastructure can alleviate these spatial frictions, promoting cross‐regional utilization of intermediary services and subsequently improving innovation outcomes. Leveraging a unique database on patent agency utilization for all invention patents in China from 2003 to 2019, and employing high‐speed rail (HSR) as a natural experiment, we estimate a staggered difference‐in‐difference model at the city‐pair level. Our findings suggest that reductions in transportation costs lead to a substantial increase in cross‐city PAU after HSR connection, especially in sectors with higher technology sophistication requiring more face‐to‐face interactions between inventors and agents. This research uncovers a novel mechanism through which HSR influences innovation and provides policy implications for optimizing innovation intermediaries through infrastructure development.

Xiaokang Wu

Jinping Yu

Bridging Innovation Distances: High‐Speed Rail and Patent Agency Utilization in China

跨越创新距离：高速铁路与中国专利代理机构利用

ABSTRACT We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations. In absence of tariffs within single markets, we identify and recover the elasticities through a precise measure of generalized transport cost that combines economic, engineering, and logistic criteria. Results using PPML estimation methods on EU trade data show that national elasticities double in value their foreign counterparts. Our estimates allow revisiting previous results on border effects, gains from trade, and CGEs.

José L. Zofío

Jorge Díaz‐Lanchas

Damiaan Persyn

Javier Barbero

Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs

使用广义运输成本估算国内和对外贸易弹性

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to exploit an innovative spatial econometric approach to map and study the evolving patterns of industrial districts (IDs). The procedure can be classified as a ‐means cluster‐wise regression procedure and is designed to detect homogeneous areas of subcontracting activity. These spatially contiguous aggregations of subcontractors are identified in terms of production function homogeneity and are defined as spatial regimes. Using this procedure, it is possible to detect two important sources of agglomeration economies that are commonly associated with the presence of an industrial district. The methodology is tested on a sample of Italian micro and small‐sized subcontracting firms operating in the footwear industry, showing its effectiveness in identifying the most commonly known IDs in this sector. Most ID regimes are persistent over time, despite the high turnover rates in the local subcontracting population after the 2008 financial crisis. These results can be explained by the presence of locally rooted competencies and context‐specific knowledge bases that persist despite the changing actors operating in the locality. Our evidence also shows that location in an ID does not necessarily entail benefits in terms of performance for subcontracting firms.

Jacopo Canello

Francesco Vidoli

Elisa Fusco

Nicoletta Giudice

Identifying and Mapping Industrial Districts Through a Spatially Constrained Cluster‐Wise Regression Approach

通过空间约束的集群回归方法识别和绘制工业区

ABSTRACT This study enhances the expanding but still limited body of evidence concerning the influence of natural hazards on tourism. We augment prior scholarly investigations by scrutinizing the repercussions of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake on incoming tourism, thereby addressing an existing void in the literature regarding the ramifications of extreme events on high‐income nations such as Italy. Moreover, our contribution is novel in its application of the quasi‐experimental Synthetic Control Method within the realm of tourism research. Our findings underscore the enduringly deleterious consequences of the L'Aquila hazard on tourism, persisting over a protracted temporal horizon. In particular, the analysis shows a drop in overnight stays with a pronounced effect on hotel accommodations.

Federica Antonaglia

Elina De Simone

Lorenzo Dorato

Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta

Mauro Pinto

The Effect of Natural Disasters on Inbound Tourism: Synthetic Control Evidence From Italy

自然灾害对入境旅游的影响：来自意大利的合成控制证据

ABSTRACT This paper reexamines Krugman's core‐periphery model by substituting his constant elasticity of substitution (CES) utility with a general additively separable utility that comprehensively captures the pro‐competitive effect while preserving the income effect. The heterogeneous consumption patterns of skilled workers and unskilled workers introduce a demand adjustment effect. The resulting interaction &lt;span&gt;between&lt;/span&gt; the dispersion force, driven by the pro‐competitive effect and the demand adjustment effect, and the agglomeration force stemming from the “second nature,” leads to various possible location patterns. These comprehensive demand and supply linkages generate novel evolutionary paths and bifurcation diagrams. Notably, high trade costs do not always lead to complete dispersion, and free trade does not necessarily result in agglomeration. Furthermore, multiple phases of redispersion are also possible.

Abbreviation	J. Reg. Sci.
Journal Impact	3.01
Quartiles(Global)	REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING(Q2)

ISSN	0022-4146, 1467-9787
h-index	90

Publication Information	Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 1958，Proportion of original research papers: 100.00%，Self Citation Rate:6.20%， Gold OA Rate: 39.86%

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Promoting sustainable and high‐quality economic development in China via regional innovation poles

How does the Covid‐19 pandemic affect regional labor markets and why do large cities suffer most?

Urbanization and firm access to credit

SKILLS, THE GENDER WAGE GAP, AND CITIES

Bridging Innovation Distances: High‐Speed Rail and Patent Agency Utilization in China

Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs

Bridging Innovation Distances: High‐Speed Rail and Patent Agency Utilization in China

Identifying and Mapping Industrial Districts Through a Spatially Constrained Cluster‐Wise Regression Approach

The Effect of Natural Disasters on Inbound Tourism: Synthetic Control Evidence From Italy

The Core‐Periphery Model Under Additively Separable Preferences