Using newly constructed spatially disaggregated data for London from 1801 to 1921, we
show that the invention of the steam railway led to the first large-scale separation of …

Regulatory oversight of toxic emissions from industrial plants and understanding about
these emissions' impacts are in their infancy. Applying a research design based on the …

This paper identifies the extent to which knowledge from US universities drives industry
agglomeration. Establishment-level data indicate faster growth in employment, wages, and …

In this paper, we decompose city size wage premia into various components. We base these
decompositions on an estimated on-the-job search model that incorporates latent ability …

Governments go to great lengths to attract foreign multinationals because they are thought to
raise the wages paid to their employees (direct effects) and to improve outcomes at local …

Using administrative data on firms and workers in Germany, we quantify the spillover effects
of mass layoffs. Our empirical strategy combines matching with an event study approach to …

This paper studies the effect of India's rural public works program on rural-to-urban migration
and urban labor markets. We find that seasonal migration from rural districts that …

Each new radial highway serving large US metropolitan areas decentralized 14% to 16% of
central city working residents and 4% to 6% of jobs in the 1960–2000 period. Model …

This paper examines the long-term and spillover effects of management interventions on
firm performance. Under the Training Within Industry (TWI) program, the US government …

We investigate how the presence of a college affects local educational attainment. As
counterfactuals for current college locations, we use historical “runner-up” locations that …