Urban wages: Does city size matter?

Autor/inn/en	Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie L.; Ayala, Sofia G.
Titel	Urban wages: Does city size matter? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Städtische Löhne: Spielt die Stadtgröße eine Rolle?
Quelle	In: Urban studies, 48 (2011) 2, S. 253-271 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0980; 1360-063X
DOI	10.1177/0042098010369393
Schlagwörter	Kleinstadt; Mittelstadt; Größe; Bevölkerungsdichte; Bevölkerungsstruktur; Großstadt; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnhöhe; Produktivitätseffekt; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitsproduktivität; Qualifikationsstruktur; Auswirkung; Regionaler Faktor; Stadtbevölkerung; Ort; USA
Abstract	"The literature on the relationship between city size and urban wages argues that productivity and wages are higher in larger cities. Indeed, a doubling of city size is associated with a 4-8 per cent increase in wages. The human capital externalities literature finds evidence of higher wages in cities with an abundant supply of human capital where knowledge spillovers are plentiful. Interestingly, cities with a large supply of human capital are not themselves large. They have a population of fewer than 1.5 million inhabitants. In view of this evidence, this paper questions whether city size has lost its importance as a determinant of high wages. In other words, is city size necessary to explain wage variations, after controlling for knowledge spillovers? Using a large sample from the 5 per cent PUMS of the 2000 US Census, this paper presents econometric evidence for city size and learning spillover effects on productivity. According to the estimates presented, every additional 100 000 inhabitants in the local labour market raises individual hourly wages by 0.12 per cent. Moreover, a doubling of the human capital density in a metropolitan area results in approximately a 2 per cent increase in average individual hourly wages." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2000. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/3