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Heterogeneous skills and homogeneous land: Segmentation and agglomeration
Wrede, Matthias - 2012
briefly studies how trade in intermediate goods and endogenous land demand affect segmentation and agglomeration. …. It shows that the interplay of heterogeneous skills and comparatively homogeneous land demand triggers skill segmentation … and agglomeration. The core region that is more attractive to high skilled workers has a disproportionately large share of …
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Unemployment, commuting, and search intensity
Wrede, Matthias - 2011
Employing a standard matching unemployment model extended by within-labor-market-regions commuting, this paper analyzes the tradeoff between commuting costs and unemployment. Depending on whether commuters are able to bargain for fringe benefits, search may or may not be biased towards distant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307604
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Wages, rents, unemployment, and the quality of life
Wrede, Matthias - 2012
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to pay for regional amenities and the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. The results are compared...
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