attracted to dense areas, which improve their learning from others. If the skills accumulated in cities are easily transferable … rather than specificity of skills. Small firms thrived, and therefore the transferability of skills increased. The model also …

attracted to dense areas, which improve their learning from others. If the skills accumulated in cities are easily transferable … rather than specificity of skills. Small firms thrived, and therefore the transferability of skills increased. The model also …

density and productivity and wages has long been established in the economic literature, less is known about the effects of … density on the productivity of different types of workers. This paper shows that there is substantial heterogeneity in the … relationship between density and productivity for workers with different types of education. Apart from estimating the impact of …

While most empirical studies document that cognitive and social skills are strong predictors of individual earnings …, their impact is not homogenous in space. We argue that dense urban settings utilize cognitive and social skills more … intensively than rural areas, therefore the labour market return to these skills is higher in cities. Using data from a …