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The effects of agglomeration on wages: evidence from the micro-level
Fingleton, Bernard; Longhi, Simonetta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
, namely New Economic Geography (NEG), as represented by the NEG wage equation and urban economic (UE) theory, in which wages … examine the issue of agglomeration processes associated with contemporary theory working with micro-level data, highlighting … wage levels are an outcome of the mechanisms suggested by NEG or UE theory, but this is not the case for female respondents …
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Buzz: face-to-face contact and the urban economy
Storper, Michael; Venables, Anthony J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper argues that existing models of urban concentrations are incomplete unless grounded in the most fundamental aspect of proximity; face-to-face contact. Face-to-face contact has four main features; it is an efficient communication technology; it can help solve incentive problems; it can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884650
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A small model of equilibrium mechanisms in a city
Palma, André De; Proost, Stef; Loo, Saskia Van Der - HAL - 2013
We use a simple economy with two interconnected geographical zones. Individuals can live and work in one of the two zones or can commute between them. This model is used to explore the dynamics of housing and work decisions after a permanent shock in labour demand occurred in one of the two...
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Where in cities do "rich" and "poor" people live? The urban economics model revisited
Lemoy, Rémi; Raux, Charles; Jensen, Pablo - HAL - 2013
We exploit the power of the Alonso-Mills-Muth (AMM) urban economics model and show that various utility functions and plausible conditions offer alternative explanations of households' location by income within a city. These include the existence of a "rich" center and more complex socio-spatial...
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