-standing question whether agglomeration economies derive from specialization (within-industry) or diversity (between-industry). We show …

-standing question whether agglomeration economies derive from specialization (within-industry) or diversity (between-industry). We show …

Do agglomerations stimulate productivity? An extensive literature on agglomeration economies, or urban increasing … returns, has analyzed this question with aggregated spatial data. This paper estimates the relationship between agglomeration … learning effect in that agglomeration enhances firms’ productivity. Third, the role of agglomeration phenomena does not seem to …

We estimate the respective importance of spatial sorting and agglomeration economies in explaining the urban wage … premium for workers with different sets of skills. Sorting is the main source of the wage premium. Agglomeration economies are … workers with routine jobs, agglomeration economies are virtually non-existent. Our results provide further evidence of spatial …

an important source of agglomeration economies. Based on matched employer-employee data, we estimate the influence that …