Urban labor markets are characterized by the spatial proximity of households and businesses, which offers firms and … workers. This paper describes the current conditions of urban labor markets and outlines a national urban policy agenda that … addresses these concerns by taking into account cities' spatial dimension. The paper argues that a national urban labor policy …

the dynamics of the local labor market, which go beyond the typical measures of unemployment rate, help to explain the … to employment that are different from the rest of the labor force and thus variables that more closely reflect their …