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Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?

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This paper documents that virtually all of the growth in the skilled wage premium over the 1980’s in the United States was confined to metropolitan areas. Explanations for the growth in the skilled wage premium will therefore need to take location into account.

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  • Chul Chung & Jeremy Clark & Bonggeun Kim, 2008. "Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?," Working Papers in Economics 08/10, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
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    1. Christopher Bollinger & James P. Ziliak & Kenneth R. Troske, 2011. "Down from the Mountain: Skill Upgrading and Wages in Appalachia," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(4), pages 819-857.
    2. Youngjin Woo & Min Jiang & Euijune Kim, 2021. "Analyzing return migration of high school graduates from lagging regions," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 309-319, December.
    3. Masayuki MORIKAWA, 2011. "Urban Density, Human Capital, and Productivity: An empirical analysis using wage data," Discussion papers 11060, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    4. Yong Jin Kim & Chul-In Lee, 2024. "Space and technology in catching-up economies: “the city as a laboratory for innovation”," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 73(1), pages 205-239, June.

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    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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