Determinants of Income Growth in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Labor Markets
This article analyzes determinants of growth across labor markets in the United States, using a production function approach based on four inputs: labor, manufacturing investment, human capital investment, and public capital investment. We find little role for public capital investment in growth, but that manufacturing investment spurred growth in nonmetropolitan areas, in contrast to metropolitan areas. We also find that human capital investment mattered more for metropolitan areas than for nonmetropolitan areas. Further, the presence of more colleges and universities, more household amenities, and lower tax rates are all found to have encouraged human capital accumulation in U.S. labor markets. Copyright Copyright 2008 American Agricultural Economics Association.
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2008
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Authors: | Hammond, George W. ; Thompson, Eric C. |
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics. - American Agricultural Economics Association. - Vol. 90.2008, 3, p. 783-793
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American Agricultural Economics Association |
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