Spatial wage disparities: Sorting matters!

被引：532

作者：

Combes, Pierre-Philippe ^{[2
]}

Duranton, Gilles ^{[1
]}

Gobillon, Laurent ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, Toronto, ON M5S 3G7, Canada

[2] Greqam Univ Aix Marseille, F-13236 Marseille, France

[3] Inst Natl Etudes Demog, F-75980 Paris 20, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS | 2008年 / 63卷 / 02期

关键词：

local labour markets; spatial wage disparities; panel data analysis; sorting;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jue.2007.04.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Spatial wage disparities can result from spatial differences in the skill composition of the workforce, in non-human endowments, and in local interactions. To distinguish between these explanations, we estimate a model of wage determination across local labour markets using a very large panel of French workers. We control for worker characteristics, worker fixed effects, industry fixed effects, and the characteristics of the local labour market. Our findings suggest that individual skills account for a large fraction of existing spatial wage disparities with strong evidence of spatial sorting by skills. Interaction effects are mostly driven by the local density of employment. Not controlling for worker heterogeneity leads to very biased estimates of interaction effects. Endowments only appear to play a small role. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：723 / 742

页数：20

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