Does size of local labour markets affect wage inequality? a rank-size rule of income distribution

Korpi, Martin

doi:10.1093/jeg/lbm034

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“…In urban theory, there is a long standing literature positively linking a region's size to inequality (see Chakravorty, 1996;Korpi, 2008 for more detailed reviews of this literature). The basic argument is that increasing size and/or population density leads to greater potential for differences in productivity and earnings across regions (Baum-Snow & Pavan, 2012;Ciccone & Hall, 1996;Garofalo & Fogarty, 1979;Long, Rasmussen, & Haworth, 1977;Yorukoglu, 2002).…”

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Rising inequality in Canada: A regional perspective

Breau

2015

Applied Geography

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Rising inequality in Canada: A regional perspective

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2015

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“…BAUM-SNOW and PAVAN (2013: 1535) describe a "strong positive monotonic relationship" between city size and wage inequality in the United States which has grown over the period 1969. KORPI (2008 shows a clear positive relationship between income inequality and labour market size in Swedish local labour markets, controlling for other characteristics.…”

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“…For a panel of US states from 1960-1990, PARTRIDGE et al, (1996 show that migration has a significant positive effect on inequality. Korpi (2008) A final area of interest has been industrial structure (NIELSEN and ALDERSON, 1997;MCCALL, 2001;GLAESER et al, 2009). The decline of manufacturing has increased urban inequality, as formerly it provided relatively high wages for low-skilled workers (CHAKRAVORTY, 1996;MCCALL, 2001).…”

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“…First, city size is seen as a key determinant of inequality (KORPI, 2008;VOLSCHO, 2007;WHEELER, 2004). As this paper focuses on labour markets, we use the log of the total number of employees in the city (Employees (ln)) from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES).…”

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“…However, British cities lack the most powerful levers to address and alleviate inequality through the tax and benefits system. A growing body of literature considers the determinants of urban inequality, with studies focusing on Canada (BOLTON and BREAU, 2012;BREAU et al 2014), the United States (GLAESER et al 2009;FLORIDA and MELLANDER, 2014) and Swedish local labour markets (KORPI, 2008). In the UK, work has considered employment polarisation (JONES and GREEN, 2009) and wage inequality (DICKEY, 2001;TAYLOR, 2006;DICKEY, 2007;STEWART, 2011), but only at a regional level.…”

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Does size of local labour markets affect wage inequality? a rank-size rule of income distribution

Cited by 27 publications

References 18 publications

Rising inequality in Canada: A regional perspective

Rising inequality in Canada: A regional perspective

The Geography of Wage Inequality in British Cities

Assessing an ecological security network for a rapid urbanization region in Eastern China

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