This paper aims at analysing how the presence of workers employed in cultural and creative industries (CCIs) is related to regional specialized diversification. From a theoretical perspective, CCIs drive economic development and local innovative capacity by facilitating processes of cross-fertilization of ideas. This study estimates an entry model analysing the ability of Italian provinces to successfully create new sectoral specializations. The results indicate that the relationship between the share of employees in CCIs and the probability of creating new sectoral specializations is non-linear, highlighting the need for CCIs-led policies to achieve a certain level of critical mass to be successful.

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文化创意产业和区域多元化：规模重要吗？

本文旨在分析文化和创意产业 (CCI) 就业工人的存在与区域专业多元化之间的关系。从理论的角度来看，CCI 通过促进思想的交叉传播过程来推动经济发展和地方创新能力。本研究估计了一个进入模型，该模型分析了意大利各省成功创建新部门专业化的能力。结果表明，CCI 中员工的份额与创建新的部门专业化的可能性之间的关系是非线性的，突出了 CCI 主导的政策需要达到一定水平的临界质量才能成功。