Understanding the city size wage gap

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-127

  Baum Snow, Nathaniel ^a   Pavan, Ronni ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Urban wage premium; Wage growth

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

EID: 84856982283     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr022     Document Type: Article

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