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An Empirical Index for Labor Market Density

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  • Pieter A. Gautier

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute)

  • Coen N. Teulings

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute)

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We derive a structural index for labor market density based on the Ellison-Glaeser index for industry concentration. The labor market density index serves as a proxy for the number of workers that are potentially available for jobs in a particular area. The index is based on observed home-work location patterns. It is particularly useful for testing theories where the scale of the market matters. We apply this index to a standard wage equation and find that it explains almost half of the cross-region wage variance. © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Pieter A. Gautier & Coen N. Teulings, 2003. "An Empirical Index for Labor Market Density," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(4), pages 901-908, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:85:y:2003:i:4:p:901-908
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    2. Cai, Xiaoming & Gautier, Pieter A. & Wolthoff, Ronald P., 2024. "Spatial Search," IZA Discussion Papers 16824, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Cassey, Andrew J. & Smith, Ben O., 2014. "Simulating confidence for the Ellison–Glaeser index," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 85-103.
    4. Rysman, Marc & Greenstein, Shane, 2005. "Testing for agglomeration and dispersion," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 86(3), pages 405-411, March.
    5. de Graaff, Thomas & Nijkamp, Peter, 2010. "Socio-economic impacts of migrant clustering on Dutch neighbourhoods: In search of optimal migrant diversity," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 44(4), pages 231-239, December.

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