Skills in the city

By Marigee Bacolod, Bernardo S. Blum, W. Strange. 2009

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Productivity and the Density of Human Capital (2012, neutral): “Recent examples include Florida, Mellander, and Stolarick (2008); Bacolod, Blum, and Strange (2009, 2010); and Abel and Gabe (2011).”
Agglomeration Effects in Colombia (2016, neutral): “There is some evidence of such effects being at play in the United States (Bacolod et al., 2009; Glaeser and Resseger, 2010). Whether a positive interaction between city population and a worker’s education is also at work in Colombia is an open question. Because labor markets for male and female wor”
Growing through Cities in Developing Countries (2014, positive): “Consistent with this finding, Bacolod et al. (2009) find that individuals with better cognitive and people skills benefit more from being in larger cities.”
The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market (2017, background): “Bacolod et al. (2009) find that the labor market return to “soft skills” is increasing in city size, and a number of studies have documented higher wages and higher returns to skills in cities (e.g. Glaeser and Mare 2001, Bacolod et al. 2009).”
Industrial Diversification in Europe: The Differentiated Role of Relatedness (2018, background): “…skills also show that larger cities and core regions are not only more intensive in, but also more rewarding for, skills associated with innovation activities such as cognitive skills related to problem solving and creativity (Bacolod, Blum, and Strange 2009; Andersson, Klaesson, and Larsson 2014).”
Local labor force education, new business characteristics, and firm performance (2010, methodology): “In addition, Bacolod et al. (2009) find agglomeration effects are larger for more educated individuals, and people with higher ‘‘cognitive” and ‘‘people” skills. In contrast, Moretti (2004a) finds a smaller effect of college share on college graduates than other workers, which he interprets as evide”
Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection, and Agglomeration (2014, background): “That larger cities host more talented individuals is documented extensively in the literature ðe.g., Berry and Glaeser 2005; Bacolod et al. 2009; Lee 2010; Combes, Duranton, Gobillon, and Roux 2012; Diamond 2013Þ.15 For 276 US MSAs in 2000, the elasticity of the share of college 15 Consistent with…”