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Employment concentration across U.S. counties

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorDesmet, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorFafchamps, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-17T13:22:06Z
dc.date.available2012-05-17T13:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2006-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the spatial distribution of jobs across U.S. counties between 1970 and 2000, and investigates whether sectoral employment is becoming more or less concentrated. The existing literature has found deconcentration (convergence) of employment across urban areas. Cities only cover a small part of the U.S. though. Using county data, our results indicate that deconcentration is limited to the upper tail of the distribution. The overall picture is one of increasing concentration (divergence). While this seemingly contradicts the well documented deconcentration in manufacturing, we show that these aggregate employment dynamics are driven by services. Non-service sectors – such as manufacturing and farming – are indeed becoming more equally spread across space, but services are becoming increasingly concentrated.
dc.description.sponsorshipFinancial aid from the Spanish Ministry of Education (SEJ2005-05831), the Ramón y Cajal program, the Comunidad de Madrid (06/0096/2003), and the Fundación Ramón Areces is gratefully acknowledged
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRegional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, v. 36, n. 4, pp. 482-509
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.004
dc.identifier.issn0166-0462
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage482
dc.identifier.publicationissue4
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage509
dc.identifier.publicationtitleRegional Science and Urban Economics
dc.identifier.publicationvolume36
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/4798
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.004
dc.rights© Elsevier
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomía
dc.subject.jelR11
dc.subject.jelR12
dc.subject.otherSpatial distribution of employment
dc.subject.otherErgodic distributions
dc.subject.otherU.S. counties
dc.subject.otherEconomic geography
dc.titleEmployment concentration across U.S. counties
dc.typeresearch article*
dc.type.reviewPeerReviewed
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