This dissertation consists of three essays that address important questions within the fields of labor economics and public economics. I use advanced empirical methods and a combination of restricted access and public-use data to study the role of inequality in labor markets and wealth.In...

The impact of economic geography both within and beyond the wider field of geography has been constrained in the past by its own limitations. Drawing together the work of several eminent geographers this superb collection assesses the current state of knowledge in the sub discipline and its...

Contents: Preface (xiv) -- Introduction : the importance of aggregate demand for full employment and rising living standards (1) / Brian K. MacLean, Hassan Bougrine and Louis-Philippe Rochon -- PART I. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS: 1. Macroeconomic lessons from the past decade (11) / J.W. Mason --...