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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities : Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012
interactions that increase productivity), possibly reinforced by localised natural advantage. To distinguish between them, we nest … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the … cannot explain spatial productivity differences. This result holds across sectors, city size thresholds, establishment …
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The Urban Wage Premium in Imperfect Labour Markets
Hirsch, Boris - 2016
Using administrative data for West Germany, this paper investigates whether part of the urban wage premium stems from fierce competition in thick labour markets. We first establish that employers possess less wage-setting power in denser markets. Local differences in wage-setting power predict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001328
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The Historical Impact of Coal on Cities
Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson - 2023
Historically coal has offered both benefits and costs to urban areas. Benefits include coal's role in fueling industry and thus employment. The primary costs are air pollution and its impact on human health. This paper starts by using a Rosen-Roback style model to examine how differences in...
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The Power of Hydroelectric Dams : Agglomeration Spillovers
Severnini, Edson - 2014
How much of the geographic clustering of economic activity is attributable to agglomeration spillovers as opposed to natural advantages? I present evidence on this question using data on the long-run effects of large scale hydroelectric dams built in the U.S. over the 20th century, obtained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055563
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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves : Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Beckhusen, Julia - 2012
Learning English is a potentially profitable investment for immigrants in the U.S.: while there are initial costs, the subsequent benefits include the ability to communicate with the majority of the population, potentially leading to better paying jobs and economic success in the new country....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110185
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Disease Prevalence, Disease Incidence, and Mortality in the United States and in England
Banks, James W. - 2010
olds, we estimate similar health gradients in income and wealth in both countries, but for 70-80 year old, we find no … income gradient in UK. Standard behavioral risk factors (work, marriage, obesity, exercise, and smoking) almost fully explain … income gradients among 55-64 years old in both countries and a significant part among Americans 70-80 years old. The most …
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The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 1980 to 2000
Chiswick, Barry R.; Wenz, Michael - 2021
This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of adult male Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent...
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Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Compared to the United States
Bjorklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jantti, Markus; … - 2021
The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful "omnibus measure" of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...
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Russian Jewish Immigrants in the United States : The Adjustment of Their English Language Proficiency and Earnings in the American Community Survey
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2012
Compared to other immigrants to the United States, recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union have achieved high levels of English language proficiency and earnings. They experience disadvantages in both dimensions at arrival, but because of steeper improvements with duration in the...
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Housing Mobility and Downsizing at Older Ages in Britain and the United States
Banks, James W. - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of housing price risk on housing choices over the life-cycle. Housing price risk can be substantial but, unlike other risky assets which people can avoid, the fact that most people will eventually own their home creates an insurance demand for housing assets...
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