We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

Most cities enjoy some autonomy over how they tax their residents, and that autonomy is typically exercised by multiple …-OECD countries. We show that most cities are highly fragmented: urban areas with more than 500,000 inhabitants are divided into 74 … local jurisdictions on average. The vast majority of these cities are characterized by a central municipality that strongly …

substantial natural resource exports. Countries also attract more FDI if they have more medium-sized cities and primacy is not too … suffer from primacy. However, FDI is attracted if surrounding countries have fewer cities, restrictions on international … trade and low market potential (income per capita). We tentatively conclude that cities are important drivers of FDI and …

The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for …

We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal …

reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting to the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and …

We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our … theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker’s altruism, and increases or … decreases with a worker’s laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find …

the structure of the family including the altruism of children affect incidence indexes? How should fiscal shifting of the …