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来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.56,P.458-477

语言

英文

关键字

J24;J41;R3

作者单位

University of Manchester, School of Economic Studies, Oxford Road, Manchester MP13 9PL, UK"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"AFF002;University of Lausanne, HEC-DEEP, BFSH1, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"AFF003;IZA, Bonn, Germany"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"COR001;University of Manchester, School of Economic Studies, Oxford Road, Manchester MP13 9PL, UK"}]},"AFF002":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"AFF002;University of Lausanne, HEC-DEEP, BFSH1, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]},"AFF003":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"AFF003;IZA, Bonn, Germany"}]}},"correspondences":{"COR001":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"COR001

摘要

This paper analyzes firms' location when workers endogenously choose to qualify for professional skills but when they remain uncertain about the potential match between their personal abilities and/or affinities and the firms' specific production tasks. By qualifying in a region where firms agglomerate, workers benefit from higher prospects of good match. At the equilibrium, we show that firms may locate in a single cluster, symmetric clusters or even asymmetric clusters. Comparative statics with respect to product market demand and labor supply parameters are provided.