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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns … in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman … more often found in Roman-era town locations in France than in Britain, and this difference still persists today. The …

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The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper develops a quantitative model of internal city structure that features agglomeration and dispersion forces and an arbitrary number of heterogeneous city blocks. The model remains tractable and amenable to empirical analysis because of stochastic shocks to commuting decisions, which...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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