We estimate a model of urban productivity in which the agglomeration effect of density is enhanced by a metropolitan … accounts for the spatial distribution of population, we find that a doubling of density increases productivity by 2 to 4 … average labor productivity with respect to density increases with human capital. Metropolitan areas with a human capital stock …

Urbanization economies - the effects on productivity and utility created endogenously by larger cities - are a …. Krupka (2008) presents a general model in which exogenous variation in local productivity (natural advantage) and development …/resident happiness and/or reducing productivity of employers. …

study the Penn effect - the positive relationship between price and income levels. Similarly to what is widely documented … with international data, the price and income levels exhibit significant positive association across the Japanese … within Japan, we find that the measures of sectoral productivity do not behave in the way suggested by the Balassa …

This paper presents the first hedonic general-equilibrium estimates of quality-of-life and firm productivity …

spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers … relations into account. We find important productivity spillover effects from plants in upstream industries. Interestingly, a …

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 …

increasingly common practice in the social sciences. As illustrated by detailed Dutch data on firm-level productivity, employment …

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our …

which to live and MSAs differ with respect to income earned by residents. We compute constant-quality wages and rental …