Learning by Working in Big Cities

被引:317
作者
De La Roca, Jorge [1 ]
Puga, Diego [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southern Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[2] CEMFI, Madrid, Spain
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Agglomeration economies; City sizes; Learning; Earnings premium; LIFE-CYCLE; WAGE; HETEROGENEITY; AGGLOMERATION; PRODUCTIVITY; DETERMINANTS; EARNINGS; SPAIN;
D O I
10.1093/restud/rdw031
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities. We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more productive workers, static advantages from workers' current location, and learning by working in bigger cities. Using rich administrative data for Spain, we find that workers in bigger cities do not have higher initial unobserved ability as reflected in fixed effects. Instead, they obtain an immediate static premium and accumulate more valuable experience. The additional value of experience in bigger cities persists after leaving and is stronger for those with higher initial ability. This explains both the higher mean and greater dispersion of earnings in bigger cities.
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页码:106 / 142
页数:37
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