Cities and Growth: Human Capital Location Choice: Accounting for Amenities and Thick Labour Markets
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A growing literature has found a positive association between human capital and long-run employment growth across cities. These studies have increased interest in understanding the location choices of university degree-holders, a group often used as a proxy measure of human capital. Based on data from the 2001 Canadian Census of Population, this paper investigates determinants of the location choices of degree- and non-degree-holders. With a multinomial logit model, it tests a series of hypotheses about the differential effects of thick labor markets and amenities on the location choice of these groups across metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in Canada.
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| Product: | The Canadian Economy in Transition | ||
| Catalogue no.: | 11-622-MWE2012027 | ||
| Frequency: | Occasional | ||
| Status: | Ongoing/Available | ||
| Latest issue: | no. 27 | Free | |
| Release date: | August 30, 2012 | ||
| Authors: | Brown, W. Mark Scott, Darren | ||
| Subscription: | one year (365 days) | N/A | |
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census metropolitan areas, cities, employment growth, human capital, labour market, labour mobility, migration, place of work, university graduates.
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