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1、毕业论文外文翻译RuralIndustryClustersRaiseLocalEarningsIndustryclustershavebecomeapopularstrategyforruraleconomicdevelopment,yettheirbenefitstothelocalareashavenotbeenfullyexamined.Laborisexpectedtobemoreproductivewithinclusters,whichshouldtranslateintohigherwages.Ouranalysisconfirmsthis,showin
2、gthatworkers’earningsinruralindustryclustersareabout13percenthigherthanthoseofcomparableworkersoutsideclusters.Thewageboostissimilarforworkersregardlessofageoreducationlevel.Thepoorperformanceoftheruraleconomyinthe1980’sledeconomicdevelopmentexpertstosearchfornewwaystostimulatelocalgrow
3、th.Onepromisingavenuefordevelopmentwastoencouragethelocationandexpansionofbusinessestablishmentsthatarelinkedbytheirinterdependenceascustomerandsupplier,orbytheiruseofcommonlocalresources.Suchspatialconcentrationsofactivity,orindustryclusters,wereexpectedtoraiseproductivityforallestabli
4、shmentsinthecluster,thusencouragingotherfirmstolocatethere,andraisinglocalincome.Theideathatspatialclusteringcanraisetheproductivityofestablishmentsishardlynew,havingitsantecedentsineconomicwritingsoveracenturyago.Notsurprisingly,clustershavetraditionallybeenequatedwithcities,ascitiesar
5、ebynaturerelativelylargeclustersofeconomicactivity.Yetclusterscanalsobenefitruraleconomies.Althoughprospectsfortheruraleconomyasawholehaveimprovedsignificantlysincethe1980’s,competitionfornewfirmsamongmanylocalareasremainskeen.Theindustryclusterappearstobeadurablecomponentinthedevelopme
6、ntspecialist’sarsenal.Someofthelocalareabenefitsfromindustryclustershavebeenmeasured,butthepotentialeffectofraisingworkers’earningshasgonerelativelyunexamined.Inthisarticle,wereportfindingsfromananalysisofmanufacturingestablishmentsshowingthatworkersinruralindustryclustersearnabout13per
7、centmore,onaverage,thanotherruralworkerswiththesameeducationandexperience.Theboostfromclusteremploymentappearstobeaboutthesameinruralandurbanareas,onceindustrymixistakenintoaccount.Andalthoughonemightthinkthatthebesteducatedandmosthighlyskilledworkersshouldbenefitthemost,wefind