New paper! We show that since the 1990s many small US cities have become increasingly "disconnected" from major US cities (as measured by inter-firm ties). This occurred despite an overall dramatic rise in connectivity between cities. Disconnected cities are further disadvantaged in many other ways.
Abstract. Research identifies strong concentrations of economic activity in dynamic, major city regions, whereas shifts in economic linkages between these and s
Very excited to have this out! I show that rising density within urban areas is strongly positively related to increases in racial and gender wage inequality, even after controlling for a bunch of stuff at the individual and city levels. #geosky#urbanism#EconSkywww.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This was inspiring to read on todays Nobel winner but also a bit of an indictment of the research funding/academic hiring system here in the U.S. We miss out on a lot of brilliant people and their ideas because of how hard it is to get a permanent position. www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/h...
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