This paper focuses on the main European metropolitan areas and builds empirics on their evolution over the process of … economic integration these last twenty years. These metropolitan areas are acknowledged to be the main engines of economic … processes of convergence in terms of productivity or sectoral similarities at work between the different metropolitan areas as …

European integration provokes competition between the European metropolitan areas. At the same time, the question at …

rural areas, the gender pay gap is especially pronounced (2006: 33 percent) while in metropolitan areas it is considerably …

greater net effect on household location decisions relative to firm location decisions in U.S. metropolitan areas over time …. We estimate skill-adjusted wages and attribute-adjusted rents using hedonic regressions for 238 metropolitan areas in … metropolitan areas during this decade. …

This paper examines the relationship between human capital and economic activity in U.S. metropolitan areas, extending … the types of knowledge within U.S. metropolitan areas. Results show that knowledge associated with the provision of … producer services and information technology are particularly important determinants of economic vitality in U.S. metropolitan …

results reflect the sorting of married couples across metropolitan areas on desired fertility. The relationship between the …, the probability of migration between metropolitan areas is smaller for larger families, even those originating in more …