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来源

URBAN STUDIES,Vol.54,Issue8,P.1808-1833

语言

英文

关键字

agglomeration; city planning; human capital externalities; job-switching; matching; CITIES; NEIGHBORHOOD

作者单位

[Larsson, Johan P.] Jonkoping Univ, Jonkoping, Sweden. [Larsson, Johan P.] Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Stockholm, Sweden. Larsson, JP (reprint author), Jonkoping Univ, Econ Finance & Stat, Gjuterigatan 5, S-55318 Jonkoping, Sweden. E-Mail: johan.p.larsson@ju.se

摘要

Externalities are believed to drive the productivity benefits of cities, and also of dense sub-parts within cities, e.g. the central business district (CBD). Recent research claims that density externalities accrue mostly to non-routine activities, and that their effects, e.g. human capital spillovers, attenuate sharply with distance. Consistent with these claims, I demonstrate strong clustering tendencies in non-routine professions as evidenced by job-switching patterns, specifically switchers' distances moved between employers. Individual-level geo-coded data for switchers within Sweden's metropolitan areas are used to illustrate that employees hired to non-routine occupations tend to switch to jobs close to the previous work establishment, while blue collar workers show dispersion. The differences are chiefly explained by (1) non-routine activities concentrate in the CBD (the strongest effect) and local employment centres, (2) non-routine activities cluster also outside of centres, and (3) industry-specific effects. The patterns are consistent with the importance of sharply attenuating non-market interactions (e.g. knowledge spillovers) in the production of non-routine products and services.