Stratification and Spatial Segregation of Human Capital as Determinants of Metropolitan Productivity in the United States

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ID10864928
AuthorsJ Lobo (0000-0002-0814-7168, Graduate Field of Regional Science, Cornell University, 311 West Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, corresponding author), David P Smole (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, LM-323, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540-7440, USA, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume39
Issue3
Pages529-547
Publication date2002-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/00420980220112810
OpenAlexW2157295497
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

This paper explores the dynamics of how the human capital embodied in metropolitan populations might impact metropolitan productivity. Three aspects of human capital are examined: the average aggregate level of human capital, stratification according to human capital and spatial segregation according to human capital. These are measured for the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the US for 1970, 1980 and 1990, and then tested as explanatory variables of metropolitan productivity. Econometric analysis confirms a strong relationship between higher average levels of human capital and higher productivity and growth. Stratification appears negatively correlated with productivity in 1970 and 1980, but positively correlated in 1990. Segregation appears negatively correlated with productivity in the 1970s, and in 1990 when controlling for stratification

Biology · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Labour economics · Metropolitan area · Productivity · Stratification (seeds · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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