Ability sorting and consumer city

被引：83

作者：

Lee, Sanghoon ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Sauder Sch Business, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS | 2010年 / 68卷 / 01期

关键词：

Urban wage premium; Ability sorting; Consumption variety; Productivity spillover; Agglomeration economies; Housing price; POWER COUPLES; CITIES; QUALITY; WAGES; AGGLOMERATION; GROWTH; LABOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jue.2010.03.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper provides a consumption-side explanation for the urban wage premium. The paper shows that if the taste for consumption variety is a luxury good, high average wages in large cities can be due to the selection of high-skill workers choosing to live there. A unique implication is that urban wage premiums are decreasing in skills and can even be negative for very high-skill workers. I confirm this implication using data on the health care workers. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：20 / 33

页数：14

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