Abstract From 1940 to 1990, a 10 percent increase in a metrpolitan area's concentration of
college-educated residents was associated with a. 6 percent increase in subsequent …

This paper models the urbanization process and how urbanization in a country is
accommodated by increases in numbers versus population sizes of cities, in an endogenous …

This study assesses the role of government in the provision and financing of postsecondary
education in Ontario. Following the introduction, the report has five main sections. The next …

The importance of human capital has been crucial in explaining the process of economic
development. In the present study, we perform cross-country estimations, measuring the …

This paper examines immigration trends and economic impacts of immigration on the
Midwest over the 1990s, especially for rural and agricultural labor markets and places them …

A central feature of many models of location choice-whether of firms or households, within or
across cities-is the role of local interactions or spillovers, whereby the payoffs from choosing …

The strength of human capital externalities is a key determinant of the optimal subsidy to
education. Furthermore, as argued by Lucas (1988) and his followers, human capital …

As countries develop, they urbanize. Technological advances release labor from agriculture
into production of urban goods, which are relatively income elastic in demand. This shift of …