The divergence of human capital levels across cities
By: Christopher R. Berry, Edward L. Glaeser.
Contributors: Glaeser, Edward L. 1967-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11617; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11617.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Human capital -- United States.; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Labor market -- United States.; Skilled labor -- Supply and demand -- United States.; Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth.
Description: "Over the past 30 years, the share of adult populations with college degrees increased more in cities with higher initial schooling levels than in initially less educated places.  This tendency appears to be driven by shifts in labor demand as there is an increasing wage premium for skilled people working in skilled cities.  In this paper, we present a model where the clustering of skilled people in metropolitan areas is driven by the tendency of skilled entrepreneurs to innovate in ways that employ other skilled people and by the elasticity of housing supply"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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