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Diversity In Urban Labor Markets And Agglomeration Economies

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ABSTRACT A modern economy is characterized by diverse mid specialized urban labor markets. In this paper, agglomeration economics are explained by labor specialization in these markets. With increasing returns to scale and with heterogeneous labor and technology. I show that average productivity increases with the size of the market because of better matches between workers and firms. Thus, the net wage increases as the size of the market increases.

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  • Sunwoong Kim, 1987. "Diversity In Urban Labor Markets And Agglomeration Economies," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 57-70, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:62:y:1987:i:1:p:57-70
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1987.tb01053.x
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    9. Alvarez, J.A. & Díaz, F.Mª & Jiménez, V., 1998. "Mercados regionales de trabajo y desarrollo económico regional en España," Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Estudios de Economia Aplicada, vol. 10, pages 19-38, Diciembre.
    10. Alessia Matano, 2022. "Spatial externalities in big cities and duality of the labour market," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(2), pages 471-498, March.

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