Human capital and metropolitan employment growth
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Population growth rates differ among urban areas nationwide, with some cities contracting, some stagnating and others maturing into metropolises. Many researchers have stressed the importance of cities in minimizing the costs to conceptualize, collect and distribute knowledge. It is hypothesized that cities where business enterprises can cost-effectively associate with individuals tasked with the learning, creation, dissemination and enforcement of knowledge, or cities containing greater levels of highly educated workers are more productive cities, attract people at a more rapid rate and thus exhibit faster employment growth. An evaluation of data on all the nation's metropolitan areas covering the years 1940-1986 indicates a significant link between human capital and metropolitan population growth.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1998
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Information on the spatial distribution of job opportunities within metropolitan areas
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A study was conducted to examine the knowledge that workers have of the spatial distribution of job opportunities or openings within their local labor market. For this research, the area investigated was the Atlanta Region, which is comprised of the central city of Atlanta and the nine counties in the inner suburban ring. Findings revealed that both whites and blacks posses only poor information, with blacks having poorer information. It was found that the disadvantage experienced by blacks is completely the result of residential segregation. Moreover, people who reside in underclass communities are not poorly informed as compared to those who reside in outside areas. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1997
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Do the poor still pay more? Food price variations in large metropolitan ares?
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Price variations among metropolitan supermarkets may be making poor households pay more for their food due to household- and/or store-related reasons. The store-specific effects on product price variations are examined in this article. The determinants of the differences in food prices across 322 retail supermarkets in 10 large standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) were analyzed using price data from the US Dept of Agriculture. Results indicate that store prices may vary from store to store because of buyer search behavior, the nature of local price competition, and store costs. It was also revealed that neighborhood demographics influence store pricing strategies as well as store costs.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1991
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