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The urban-rural job quality differentials

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  • Davide Lunardon

    (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

Abstract

The paper provides a comprehensive analysis on the multiple linkages that connect urbanization economies with job quality. The empirical analysis uses EWCS 2015 individual-level data for 35 European countries. Three spatial mechanisms -urban rat race, better job matching, and job satisfaction externalitiesare explored on six job quality indicators. Overall, rural workers report higher job quality as compared to urban. More specifically, the analysis corroborates the extant/emerging evidence on the detrimental mechanisms associated to the urban rat race which engenders competition and rivalry behaviours. Urban workers are partially compensated from higher job matching possibilities but, apart for selfemployees, an urban career premium never emerges. A set of robustness checks confirm the main results, yet highlighting heterogeneities associated to different occupational groups and type of urbanization.

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  • Davide Lunardon, 2024. "The urban-rural job quality differentials," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2024-05, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Oct 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahy:wpaper:wp49
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    Keywords

    Job quality; Urban-Rural divide; Urban Rat Race; EWCS;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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