"From 1940 to 1990, a 10 percent increase in a metropolitan area's concentration of college-educated residents was associated with a .8 percent increase in subsequent employment growth. Instrumental variables estimates support a causal relationship between college graduates and employment...

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Main Author:	Shapiro, Jesse M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2005
Series:	National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 11615
Subjects:	Erziehung Stadt Cities and towns > Growth Education > Economic aspects Human capital Labor productivity Quality of life
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	"From 1940 to 1990, a 10 percent increase in a metropolitan area's concentration of college-educated residents was associated with a .8 percent increase in subsequent employment growth. Instrumental variables estimates support a causal relationship between college graduates and employment growth, but show no evidence of an effect of high school graduates. Using data on growth in wages, rents and house values, I calibrate a neoclassical city growth model and find that roughly 60 percent of the employment growth effect of college graduates is due to enhanced productivity growth, the rest being caused by growth in the quality of life. This finding contrasts with the common argument that human capital generates employment growth in urban areas solely through changes in productivity"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Physical Description:	35, 8 S.