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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. : differences across metropolitan areas

Alonso Villar, Olga; Río Otero, Coral del - 2015

This paper seeks to investigate the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. at the local labor market level, exploring whether the segregation of this group is a homogeneous phenomenon across the country or there are important disparities in the opportunities that these women meet...

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Investing in lagging regions is efficient : a local multipliers analysis of U.S. cities

Dijk, Jasper J. van - 2015

This paper illustrates the effect of employment in the tradable sector on employment in the non-tradable sector in the same city with a simple model. The model predicts a significant positive local employment multiplier that increases in size with the unemployment rate. It also predicts that the...

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If Alonso was right : accessibility as determinant for attractiveness of urban location

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (contributor) - 2007

This paper assesses impact of accessibility corresponding to three distinct modes of urban transportation. The Alonso hypothesis of residents being fully compensated for rents increasing with proximity to CBD by employment opportunities is tested by application of a hedonic model using micro...

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Urban Governance Structure and Wage Disparities across US Metropolitan Areas

Ferranna, Licia - 2016

This paper analyses the determinants of spatial wage disparities in the US context for the period 1980-2000. Agglomeration benefits are estimated based on city productivity premia which are computed after controlling for the skills distribution among metropolitan areas as well as industry fixed...

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Re-assessing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis

Card, David E.; Rothstein, Jesse; Yi, Moises - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We use detailed location information from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) database to develop new evidence on the effects of spatial mismatch on the relative earnings of Black workers in large US cities. We classify workplaces by the size of the pay premiums they offer in a...

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Excess commuting in the US : differences between the self-employed and employees

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2015

In this paper, we propose a new spatial framework to model excess commuting of workers and we show empirical … their commuting time, employees do not minimize their commuting time because they lack full information, and thus the … difference between the time devoted to commuting by self-employed workers and employees is modeled as wasteful commuting (i …

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Trade and Industrial Location with Heterogeneous Labor

Amiti, Mary; Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002

We show in the framework of a new economic geography model that when labor is heterogenous and productivity depends on the quality of the match between job and worker, trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and inter-industry trade. The agglomeration force is the improvement...

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Spatial Mismatch and Skill Accumulation

Monfort, Philippe; Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Increasing returns in matching between skilled workers and firms create a local thick-market externality when labour …

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Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor

Amiti, Mary; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

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Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor

Amiti, Mary; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

We show in the context of a new economic geography model that when labor is heterogenous trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and inter-regional trade. Labor heterogeneity gives local monopoly power to firms but also introduces variations in the quality of the job match....

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