We show for Germany that labor productivity as reflected in wage is, ceteris paribus, higher for workers who previously acquired work experience in rather urban labor markets with a large local workforce than in rather rural labor markets which are small in terms of regional employment. Our...

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...

The shape of immigrant local labor markets : the effects of social and spatial accessibility -- Mapping immigrant residence and work -- How local the immigrant labor market? -- Connecting neighborhood and home to ethnic labor market segregation -- Connecting neighborhood and home to black and...

Our analysis begins with an empirical investigation of how employment concentration in industries and occupations across United States regions has changed over time, and how regional specialization has changed. Results show that industry concentration and specialization indices have fallen,...

This paper investigates the impact of labor markets and economies of agglomeration on firms location. We show that the existence of a lower bound on wage (e.g., a minimum wage or a reservation wage) introduces asymmetric location of firms. Moreover, changes in that lower bound or in global...