The Effects of Creative-Density On Innovation

The productivity enhancing capability of cities is widely noted. Yet, while urban innovative capacity is often assumed to arise due to the close proximity of diverse elements within cities, little empirical research has attempted to associate population density with urban innovation. Thus, this research investigates how the density of a specific class of workers, the " creative class " , affects metropolitan innovation. It builds upon, extends, but in important ways departs from studies linking innovation to geographically mediated knowledge spillovers. Multivariate analyses suggest that density and creativity separately and jointly affect innovation in metropolitan areas.