This paper reviews the literature on job-related training and the effects of these investments
for different groups of individuals. The paper also elaborates on the theories, empirical …

Using longitudinal elementary school teacher and student data, we document that students
have larger test score gains when their teachers experience improvements in the …

Economic Geography is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important
new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate …

Geographical economics starts from the observation that economic activity is clearly not
randomly distributed across space. This revised and updated introduction to geographical …

In the United States, workers in cities offering above-average wages—cities with high
productivity, low quality of life, or inefficient housing sectors—pay 27 percent more in federal …

During the past two decades, Swedish government policy has decentralized post-secondary
education throughout the country. We investigate the economic effects of this …

In this paper we make use of a matched employer‐employee database for Italy to look at the
spatial distribution of wages. Using this rich database we aim to open up the black box of …

This paper explores the many avenues by which schooling affects lifetime well-being.
Experiences and skills acquired in school reverberate throughout life, not just through higher …

This investigation proposes a conceptual framework for measurement necessary for an
analysis of household finance and economic development. The authors build on and, where …

In explaining the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, urban economics, and new
economic geography (NEG) dominate recent research in economics. A main difference …