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View article: Black and Latinx workers reap lower rewards than White workers from years spent working in big cities
Black and Latinx workers reap lower rewards than White workers from years spent working in big cities Open
The large labor markets of big cities offer greater possibilities for workers to gain skills and experience through successively better employment opportunities. This “experience effect” contributes to the higher average wages that are fou…
View article: Black and Latinx Workers Reap Lower Rewards than White Workers from Careers in Big Prosperous Cities
Black and Latinx Workers Reap Lower Rewards than White Workers from Careers in Big Prosperous Cities Open
The large labor markets of big prosperous cities offer greater possibilities for workers to gain skills and experience through successively better employment opportunities. This "experience effect" contributes to the higher average wages t…
View article: The nature, causes, and consequences of inter-regional inequality
The nature, causes, and consequences of inter-regional inequality Open
Social scientists and policymakers alike have become increasingly concerned with understanding the nature, causes, and consequences of inter-regional inequality in economic living conditions. Contemporary spatial inequality is multi-facete…
View article: Frontier workers, and the seedbeds of inequality and prosperity
Frontier workers, and the seedbeds of inequality and prosperity Open
This paper examines the role of work at the cutting of technological change – frontier work – as a driver of prosperity and spatial income inequality. Using new methods and data, we analyze the geography and incomes of frontier workers fro…
View article: HistPat Inventor & Assignee Dataverse
HistPat Inventor & Assignee Dataverse Open
The HistPat Names dataset provides the names of inventors and assignees of historical patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1836 to 1975. This historical dataset is constructed using digitalized reco…
View article: Disruptive innovation and spatial inequality
Disruptive innovation and spatial inequality Open
Although technological change is widely credited as driving the last 200 years of economic growth, its role in shaping patterns of inequality remains under-explored. Drawing parallels across two industrial revolutions in the United States,…
View article: The Regional Development Trap in Europe
The Regional Development Trap in Europe Open
The concept of regional development trap refers to regions that face significant structural challenges in retrieving past dynamism or improving prosperity for their residents. This article introduces and measures the concept of the regiona…
View article: The changing shape of spatial inequality in the United States
The changing shape of spatial inequality in the United States Open
Spatial income disparities have increased in the United States since 1980. Growth in this form of inequality is linked to major social, economic and political challenges. Yet, contemporary patterns, and how they relate to those of the past…
View article: Separate Worlds? Explaining the Current Wave of Regional Economic Polarization 1
Separate Worlds? Explaining the Current Wave of Regional Economic Polarization 1 Open
Interregional and intermetropolitan economic divergence is greater in many Western developed countries than it has been in many decades. Divergence manifests itself in many ways, including per capita income, labor force participation, and …
View article: Cities in a Post-COVID World
Cities in a Post-COVID World Open
This paper examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related economic, fiscal, social and political fallout on cities and metropolitan regions. We assess the effect of the pandemic on urban economic geography at the intra- and i…
View article: Critical Commentary: Cities in a post-COVID world
Critical Commentary: Cities in a post-COVID world Open
This paper examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related economic, fiscal, social and political fallout on cities and metropolitan regions. We assess the effect of the pandemic on urban economic geography at the intra- and i…
View article: Creating jobs at home by investing overseas – a counterintuitive truth
Creating jobs at home by investing overseas – a counterintuitive truth Open
Firms with direct investment in other countries create jobs at home. This is a counterintuitive fact that defies political thinking, especially in these rapidly changing times of populism and cries against global economic integration. Ricc…
View article: Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA
Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA Open
Rising political skepticism on the benefits of global economic integration has increased public scrutiny of the foreign activities of domestic firms in virtually all advanced economies. Decisions to invest in new activities abroad are seen…
View article: The changing geography of social mobility in the United States
The changing geography of social mobility in the United States Open
Significance Intergenerational social mobility in the United States has declined over the last century, sparking a national debate about how to improve equality of opportunity. By analyzing data spanning the 20th century, we demonstrate st…
View article: The geography of innovation and development: global spread and local hotspots
The geography of innovation and development: global spread and local hotspots Open
Through successive industrial revolutions, the geography of innovation around the globe has changed radically, and with it the geography of wealth creation and prosperity. Since the Third Industrial Revolution, high incomes are increasingl…
View article: Superstar Cities and Left-Behind Places: Disruptive Innovation, Labor Demand, and Interregional Inequality
Superstar Cities and Left-Behind Places: Disruptive Innovation, Labor Demand, and Interregional Inequality Open
After a long period of convergence, around 1980, inter-place gaps in economic well-being in the United States began to increase. This rising inequality offers a rich terrain to explore causality in regional economics and development theory…
View article: The changing geography of social mobility in the United States
The changing geography of social mobility in the United States Open
New evidence shows that intergenerational social mobility-the rate at which children born into poverty climb the income ladder-varies considerably across the United States. Is this current geography of opportunity something new or does it …
View article: Housing, urban growth and inequalities: The limits to deregulation and upzoning in reducing economic and spatial inequality
Housing, urban growth and inequalities: The limits to deregulation and upzoning in reducing economic and spatial inequality Open
A growing amount of research explores how the allocation of regional development monies follows electoral reasons. Yet, the existing literature on distributive politics provides different and contrasting expectations on which geographical …
View article: Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications
Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications Open
Regional economic divergence has become a threat to economic progress, social cohesion and political stability in Europe. Market processes and policies that are supposed to spread prosperity and opportunity are no longer sufficiently effec…
View article: Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications
Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications Open
Regional economic divergence has become a threat to economic progress, social cohesion and political stability in Europe. Market processes and policies that are supposed to spread prosperity and opportunity are no longer sufficiently effec…
View article: Separate Worlds? Explaining the current wave of regional economic polarization
Separate Worlds? Explaining the current wave of regional economic polarization Open
Interregional and intermetropolitan economic divergence is greater in many western developed countries than it has been in many decades. Divergence manifests itself in many ways, including per capita income, labor force participation, and …
View article: Regional Innovation Transitions
Regional Innovation Transitions Open
As an economy undergoes structural change, the focus of innovation changes to different technologies and different industries. Innovation is uneven over time and over places, leading to a tendency for incomes to diverge between innovative …