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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.60,P.420-439

语言

英文

关键字

F12;F15;J51;R12;Economic geography;Education;Subsidies

作者单位

DEEP, HEC, Université de Lausanne, BFSH1, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff002;IZA"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor001;DEEP, HEC, Université de Lausanne, BFSH1, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland"}]},"aff002":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff002;IZA"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor001":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor001

摘要

The paper develops an analytically solvable model of new economic geography in which agglomeration of firms is caused by workers' investment in the acquisition of skills. Skilled workers earn high wages and have a large demand for goods. Since firms are attracted towards the demand, they locate at proximity of skilled workers. More workers invest in the acquisition of skills when more firms ask for these skills. Consequently, partial or full agglomeration of firms may be the location equilibrium. We also show that a reduction in transport costs increases the regional governments' incentives to subsidize the acquisition of skills.