Jorge De La Roca
Biographic Data
| ID | 3092951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorge De La Roca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorge |
| FAMILY NAME | De La Roca |
| SIGNATURE | DE LA ROCA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6141-1271 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Journal of Economic Geography at 25
In search of better opportunities
Learning by Working in Big Cities
Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities.We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more productive workers, static advantages from workers' current location, and learning by working in bigger cities. Using rich administrative data for Spain, we find that workers in bigger cities do not have higher initial unobserved ability as reflected in fixed effects. Instead, they obtain an immediate static premium and accumulate more val…
Selection in initial and return migration
The Significance of Segregation in the 21st Century
Researchers have vigorously debated the significance of the reductions in residential segregation by race that U.S. metropolitan areas have experienced. While some argue that we have witnessed the "end of the segregated century" (Vigdor and Glaeser 2012; Vigdor 2013), others highlight the persistence of high levels of segregation in many areas (e.g., Logan 2013). There has been far less debate about the relationship between segregation and access…
Desvinculado y Desigual
Despite the high levels of metropolitan-area segregation that Latinos experience, there is a lack of research examining the effects of segregation on Latino socioeconomic outcomes and whether those effects differ from the negative effects documented for African Americans. We find that segregation is consistently associated with lower levels of educational attainment and labor market success for both African American and Latino young adults compar…
Selection in initial and return migration
Desvinculado y Desigual
Despite the high levels of metropolitan-area segregation that Latinos experience, there is a lack of research examining the effects of segregation on Latino socioeconomic outcomes and whether those effects differ from the negative effects documented for African Americans. We find that segregation is consistently associated with lower levels of educational attainment and labor market success for both African American and Latino young adults compar…
The Significance of Segregation in the 21st Century
Researchers have vigorously debated the significance of the reductions in residential segregation by race that U.S. metropolitan areas have experienced. While some argue that we have witnessed the "end of the segregated century" (Vigdor and Glaeser 2012; Vigdor 2013), others highlight the persistence of high levels of segregation in many areas (e.g., Logan 2013). There has been far less debate about the relationship between segregation and access…
Desvinculado y Desigual
Despite the high levels of metropolitan-area segregation that Latinos experience, there is a lack of research examining the effects of segregation on Latino socioeconomic outcomes and whether those effects differ from the negative effects documented for African Americans. We find that segregation is consistently associated with lower levels of educational attainment and labor market success for both African American and Latino young adults compar…
The Significance of Segregation in the 21st Century
Researchers have vigorously debated the significance of the reductions in residential segregation by race that U.S. metropolitan areas have experienced. While some argue that we have witnessed the "end of the segregated century" (Vigdor and Glaeser 2012; Vigdor 2013), others highlight the persistence of high levels of segregation in many areas (e.g., Logan 2013). There has been far less debate about the relationship between segregation and access…
Learning by Working in Big Cities
Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities.We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more productive workers, static advantages from workers' current location, and learning by working in bigger cities. Using rich administrative data for Spain, we find that workers in bigger cities do not have higher initial unobserved ability as reflected in fixed effects. Instead, they obtain an immediate static premium and accumulate more val…
Selection in initial and return migration
In search of better opportunities
The Journal of Economic Geography at 25
Demographic economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sorting (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works)