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Title: Cities and Skills

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2001

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Abstract: Workers in cities earn 33% more than their nonurban counterparts. A large amount of evidence suggests that this premium is not just the result of higher ability workers living in cities, which means that cities make workers more productive. Evidence on migrants and the cross effect between urban status and experience implies that a significant fraction of the urban wage premium accrues to workers over time and stays with them when they leave cities. Therefore, a portion of the urban wage premium is a wage growth, not a wage level, effect. This evidence suggests that cities speed the accumulation of human capital.

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Authors: Mare, David C.; Glaeser, Edward L.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Economics

Issue: 2

Volume: 19

Pages: 316-342

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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