From 1980 to 2000, the rise in the US college/high school graduate wage gap coincided
with increased geographic sorting as college graduates concentrated in high wage, high …

We use a natural experiment in Indonesia to provide causal evidence on the role of location-
specific human capital and skill transferability in shaping the spatial distribution of …

We examine the relation between the agglomeration of firms around big cities and chief
executive officer (CEO) compensation. We find a positive relation among the metropolitan …

The aim of the paper is to define a set of smartness and sustainability indicators applicable
to European cities and to assess their outcome in an ex ante perspective with regard to the …

After more than three decades of unprecedented high growth at an average rate of nearly
10% per annum, China's economy has been slowing down since 2010, dropping to 6.9% in …

This paper aims at disentangling the role played by different explanations on the urban
wage premium along the wage distribution. We analyze the wage dynamics of migrants from …

By critically appraising current theories of both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and
agglomeration, this book explores the variety of links that exist between these two externality …

As higher education costs rise, many communities have begun to adopt their own financial
aid strategy: place-based scholarships for students graduating from the local school district …

Interest in the residential preferences of those who are qualified for and economically active
in creative industries and knowledge-intensive industries has recently been increasing. The …

This study examines why monetary policy at the national level can have vastly different
effects on appreciation rates of single family houses across metropolitan statistical areas …