The aim of this paper is to examine the manner and extent to which worker skill type affects agglomeration economies that contribute to productivity in cities. I use college majors to proxy for skill types among workers with a Bachelor's degree. Workers with college training in...

This study tackles the description of the size distribution of urban employment centers or, in other words, the size of areas within cities with significantly high density of workers. Certainly, there exists a branch of urban economics that has paid substantial attention to urban employment...

The urban labour market is one of fundamental significance due to the possibilities and constraints that imposes on population's wellbeing, and because its effects on national and local employment rates and wages. The urban dimension of the labour market is closely linked to the spatial...

In last decades, the spatial structure of the metropolitan areas has been characterized by an urban dynamics towards a more polynucleated structure, breaking with the paradigm of the monocentric city. The specialized literature has studied these polynucleated urban structures by identifying the...

Nowadays, the urban structure of the metropolitan areas has led to a polynucleated structure, breaking with the paradigm of the monocentric city. The specialized literature has studied this polynucleated structure by identifying the centers that are within of these urban areas. According to this...

Objectives. Socioeconomic segregation rose substantially in U.S. cities during the final decades of the 20th century and we argue zoning regulations are an important cause for this increase. Methods. We measure neighborhood economic segregation using the Gini Coefficient for neighborhood income...

With shrinking cities becoming a global issue, declining housing demands due to declining population leads to a reduction in land prices. Housing asset value decline occurs mainly in suburbs, which has an economic effect on elderly households. Although some issues have already been indicated, it...