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Relative diversity index by Duranton and Puga
Description
Calculating the relative diversity index (RDI) by Duranton and Puga based on regional industry data (normally employment data)
Usage
durpug(e_ij, e_i)
Arguments
e_ij |
a numeric vector with the employment of the industries |
e_i |
a numeric vector with the all-over employment in the industries |
Value
A single numeric value of
Author(s)
Thomas Wieland
References
Duranton, G./Puga, D. (2000): “Diversity and Specialisation in Cities: Why, Where and When Does it Matter?”. In: Urban Studies, 37, 3, p. 533-555.
Farhauer, O./Kroell, A. (2013): “Standorttheorien: Regional- und Stadtoekonomik in Theorie und Praxis”. Wiesbaden : Springer.
See Also
gini.spec
, krugman.spec
, hoover
Examples
# Example Goettingen:
data(Goettingen)
# Loads the data
durpug (Goettingen$Goettingen2008[2:13], Goettingen$BRD2008[2:13])
# Returns the Duranton-Puga RDI for Goettingen
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