We propose an integrated framework to discuss the empirical literature on the local
determinants of agglomeration effects. We start by presenting the theoretical mechanisms …

Do natural resources benefit producer economies, or is there a “Natural Resource Curse”,
perhaps as the crowd-out of manufacturing productivity spillovers reduces long-term …

Existing evidence on peer effects in the productivity of coworkers stems from either
laboratory experiments or real-world studies referring to a specific firm or occupation. In this …

This survey highlights the key results of the empirical literature concerning the costs of
flexibility enhancing reforms in product and labour markets. The documented costs include …

This paper examines how housing market distress affects job search. Using data from a
leading online job search platform during the Great Recession, we find that job seekers in …

In this article, I directly test the hypothesis that interactions between inventors of different
firms drive knowledge spillovers. I construct a network of publicly traded companies in which …

Using Canadian administrative data, this paper presents evidence of revenue and
productivity spillovers across firms at fine spatial scales. Accounting for the endogenous …

While most countries welcome (and some even subsidize) high‐skilled immigrants, there is
very limited evidence of their importance for domestic firms. To guide our empirical analysis …

We show that employment growth at low-paying firms is less cyclically sensitive than that at
high-paying firms. This is driven by a larger decline in separations among low-paying firms …

A large number of studies have demonstrated that the proportion of home-owners in a
region tend to be positively associated with the unemployment levels in that region. In this …