This paper provides empirical evidence that individual labor productivity significantly depends on the size of the … dynamic agglomeration economies in general, and learning externalities in particular, play an important role in explaining … individual labor productivity. Workers receive a significantly higher wage after acquiring experience in urban than in non …

This paper provides empirical evidence that individual labor productivity significantly depends on the size of the … dynamic agglomeration economies in general, and learning externalities in particular, play an important role in explaining … individual labor productivity. Workers receive a significantly higher wage after acquiring experience in urban than in non …

productivity, wages and land prices when the aggregate stock of human capital in a city increases. Increases in the aggregate stock … capital spillovers can in theory increase aggregate productivity over and above the direct effect of human capital on … individual productivity. Furthermore, increases in education can reduce criminal participation and improve voters political …