Are Cities the New Growth Escalator?

Urban areas tend to have much more productive labor and higher salaries than rural areas, and there are vast differences across urban areas. Areas with high salaries and high productivity tend to have employers that invest in much more research and...

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Main Author:	Moretti, Enrico
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC RESEARCH AVERAGE WAGE CAREER CAREERS CARPENTERS CITIES COLLEGE EDUCATION COLLEGE GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATES COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKERS COLLEGES COMMUNITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEMOGRAPHICS DEPRESSION DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EDUCATION SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE GDP GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROWTH THEORY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGH WAGES HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSURANCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LAYOFF LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL EMPLOYERS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOCAL LABOR MARKETS MANPOWER MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL SCHOOL METROPOLITAN AREAS MUNICIPALITIES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PAPERS PAYING JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FACILITY PRODUCTIVITY GAINS RECESSION RENTS REPUBLIC RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ROADS SAVINGS SCHOOLS SCIENCE RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SENIORITY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SKILLED WORKER SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL SCIENTISTS STEEL FACTORY TAX TOTAL LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNIVERSITIES UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASTE WORKER WORKERS
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Are Cities the New Growth Escalator?

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