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This paper uses NUTS3 sub-regional data for Great Britain to analyse the determinants of spatial variations in income and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational composition effect. For the former (but not the latter) we find a...
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generalized least squares type. We argue theoretically that the impact of ignoring clustering in standard error estimation will … tend to increase with the number of waves in the analysis, under some patterns of clustering which are realistic for many … social surveys. The implication is that it is, in general, at least as important to allow for clustering in standard errors …
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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...
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demand and cost uncertainties are resolved. Using several related models we show that this can cause clustering of component …
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