our approach at the city-level using US Census data on individuals in 173 cities for 1970, 1980, and 1990. Estimation …

occupations are also a fundamental, but overlooked, driver of innovation. Theory also suggests cities are important for both … the links between creative industries, occupations, cities and innovation at the firm level. This paper addresses this gap …. However, creative occupations are used in cities to introduce product innovations learnt elsewhere. The results suggest future …

Creative cities are seen as important sites for the generation of new ideas, products and processes. Yet, beyond case … studies of a few high-profile cities, there is little empirical evidence on the link between local creative industries … exclusive to creative industries firms and seems to be largely due to firms in medium sized, rather than large, 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 into74 … local jurisdictions on average. The vast majority of these cities are characterized by a central municipality that strongly …

Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow … population surveys for European regions and US Cities, the paper finds, after controlling for other potential factors, good …

human capital and human capital externalities in cities. Our estimates imply that a one year increase in average schooling … in cities increases their aggregate labour productivity by 8 to 11%. We find no evidence for aggregate human capital … externalities in cities however, although we use three different approaches. Our main theoretical contribution is to show how human …

structure, from a configuration where cities specialize by sector and host integrated headquarters and production plants, to a … configuration where cities specialize by function, with headquarters from different sectors and business services clustered in a few … large cities and production plants from each sector clustered in smaller separate cities. …