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Title: Do Amenities and Diversity Encourage City Growth? A Link Through Skilled Labor

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: The share of skilled workers in urban populations has steadilyincreased since 1970 in US metropolitan areas, but more in some citiesthan in others. A higher concentration of skills is a sought after asset forcities as it affects population growth positively, also when the initial shareis instrumented for by using land-grant colleges. However, skilled citiesmay attract more skilled workers, but not because they are more skilledinitially: increasing returns are rejected when controlling for fixed effectsand bias due to inclusion of a lagged dependent variable. Several amenitiessuch as a low-skilled personal service sector do affect the concentration ofskills positively. Although firms seem to benefit from externalities, there isno convincing case for an effect on the concentration of college graduatesin a city.

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Authors: Poelhekke, Steven

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Publication Number: 10

Institution: European University Institute

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Publisher Location: Italy

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States