ABSTRACT I examine the causes and the consequences of differences in labor market
outcomes across local labor markets within a country. The focus is on a long-run general …

We quantify agglomeration spillovers by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP)
among incumbent plants in “winning” counties that attracted a large manufacturing plant and …

Productivity and wages are higher in larger cities and denser areas. This fact was first noted
by Adam Smith (1776) and Alfred Marshall (1890) and has been confirmed by the modern …

This study examines the effect of in-state resident tuition legislation across the United States
on the college enrollment odds of individuals likely to be undocumented Latino immigrants …

The introduction and diffusion of personal computers are widely viewed as a technological
revolution. Using US metropolitan area–level panel data, this paper asks whether links …

The Economic Report of the President provides valuable information about the present state
of the US economy and its future course. It includes: Current and foreseeable trends and …

It is often asserted that a highly educated workforce is vital to improving the competitive
position of American businesses, especially by boosting entrepreneurship. To examine this …

In this paper, we simulate the long-run effects of migrant flows on wages of high-skilled and
low-skilled non-migrants in a set of countries using an aggregate model of national …

There are many fundamental issues in regional and urban economics that hinge on worker
skills. This paper builds on psychological approaches to learning to characterize the role of …

At the interface of regional and labor economics, our paper deals with two central topics in
the analysis of wage formation, the urban wage premium and the firm-size earnings …