Baldwin J. R., Beckstead D., Brown W. M. and Rigby D. L. Agglomeration and the geography of localization economies in Canada, Regional Studies. This paper maps the spatial variation in productivity levels across Canadian cities and models the underlying determinants of that variation. There are...

Productivity levels and productivity growth rates vary significantly over space. These differences are perhaps most pronounced between countries, but they remain acutely evident within national spaces as economic growth favors some cities and regions and not others. In this paper, we map the...

La variation spatiale des niveaux de productivite et des taux de croissance de la productivite est considerable. Les ecarts les plus prononces sont peut etre ceux observes entre pays, mais des differences demeurent fort evidentes dans les espaces nationaux, car la croissance economique favorise...

In recent years, cities have become increasingly interested in their ability to generate, attract and retain human capital. One measure of human capital is employment in science- and engineering-based occupations. This paper provides a comparison of the employment shares of these specialized...

Le present document suit la croissance et le declin des industries des technologies de l'information et des communications (TIC), qui ont ete a la base de la prosperite de ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler la nouvelle economie, a la fin des annees 90, et de la debacle subsequente qui s'est produite...

Using pooled Census of Population data for 242 metropolitan areas, this paper evaluates the link between long-run employment growth and the supply of different types of skilled labor. It also examines factors related to the growth of a particular type of skilled labor—workers in science...

A l'aide de donnees du Recensement de 2001, nous etudions dans quelle mesure l'ecart urbain-rural entre les gains des travailleurs occupes est influence par la composition du capital humain et les economies d'agglomeration. Ces facteurs ont tous deux ete associes theoriquement et empiriquement...

Using 2001 Census data, this paper investigates the extent to which the urban-rural gap in the earnings of employed workers is associated with human capital composition and agglomeration economies. Both factors have been theoretically and empirically linked to urban-rural earnings differences....

Le present document traite de la croissance du capital humain dans les villes canadiennes et americaines. A l'aide de donnees regroupees sur 242 centres urbains provenant de recensements de la population, nous evaluons le lien entre la croissance de long terme de l'emploi et l'offre de divers...

This paper tracks the growth and decline of information and communications technology (ICT) industries that were synonymous with the so-called new economy boom of the late-1990s and its subsequent bust period in the early 2000s. The analysis focuses on the question of whether the ICT bust has...