An Inter-urban Wage Test of the Monocentric Model
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چکیده
We present a simple test of the monocentric model based on variations in inter-urban wage differentials by occupation. We classify occupations as more or less central according to the density of employment where job holders in those occupations work. Our conjecture is that more central occupations receive differentially higher wages in larger cities, since workers in those occupations face a less desirable locus of housing prices and commuting times than those who have jobs in residential areas. The results presented in the empirical section are consistent with this hypothesis, and they are robust to the inclusion of individual-specific human capital variables and city-specific controls. These findings have implications for inter-urban cost of living indexes, where wages are used to approximate the true cost of living. This version: March 2007 JEL codes: J31, R12
منابع مشابه
MS #2007-0051-2 Inter-city compensating wage differentials and intra-city workplace centralization (Old title: An inter-urban wage test of the monocentric model)
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