Components of city-size wage differentials, 1973-1988

An exploration of why workers in large cities are more highly paid than their rural counterparts. The authors decompose city-size wage differentials into the portion due to worker traits and the portion due to intercity differences in wage structures and find that differences in worker-attribute prices account for most of the disparity.

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Year of publication:	1991
Authors:	Beeson, Patricia E. ; Groshen, Erica L.
Published in:	Economic Review. - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. - 1991, Q IV, v. 27, no. 4, p. 10-24
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Subject:	Wages \| Cities and towns

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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