wage differentials between large metropoles and small cities. …

In an empirical analysis, considering 236 U.S. cities in the period 1980-1990, we document a strong positive … productivity of those factors which are locally abundant. Therefore we may interpret this regularity as a sign that in cities where … may provide an explanation for the behaviour of education premia across cities. …

We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

substantial natural resource exports. Countries also attract more FDI if they have more medium-sized cities and primacy is not too … suffer from primacy. However, FDI is attracted if surrounding countries have fewer cities, restrictions on international … trade and low market potential (income per capita). We tentatively conclude that cities are important drivers of FDI and …

, heterogeneity of researchers, and cities or regions play? Using our framework, first we study how a researcher creates a new … multiple cities or regions. In the last NARSA meetings in Atlanta, we presented preliminary results on the same topic. In this …

cities between 1970 and 1990. …