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Author: Puga, Diego
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De la Roca, Jorge Ottaviano, Gianmarco P. Puga, Diego |
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City of Dreams Journal of the European Economic Association published online (30 July 2022): DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvac042. Also: https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvac042/6652214 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Oxford University Press Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Mobility; Self-Esteem; Urbanization/Urban Living Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Bigger cities offer more valuable experience and opportunities in exchange for higher housing costs. While higher-ability workers benefit more from bigger cities, they are not more likely to move to one. Our model of urban sorting by workers with heterogeneous self-confidence and ability suggests flawed self-assessment is partly to blame. Analysis of NLSY79 data shows that, consistent with our model, young workers with high self-confidence are more likely to locate in a big city initially. For more experienced workers, ability plays a stronger role in determining location choices, but the lasting impact of earlier choices dampens their incentives to move. |
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De la Roca, Jorge, Gianmarco P. Ottaviano and Diego Puga. "City of Dreams." Journal of the European Economic Association published online (30 July 2022): DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvac042.
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Duranton, Gilles Puga, Diego |
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Urban Growth and Its Aggregate Implications Econometrica 91,6 (November 2023): 2219-2259. Also: https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/2023/11/01/Urban-growth-and-its-aggregate-implications Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Growth Model, Urban; Human Capital; Productivity Gains We develop an urban growth model where human capital spillovers foster entrepreneurship and learning in heterogeneous cities. Incumbent residents limit city expansion through planning regulations so that commuting and housing costs do not outweigh productivity gains from agglomeration. The model builds on strong microfoundations, matches key regularities at the city and economy-wide levels, and generates novel predictions for which we provide evidence. It can be quantified by relying on few parameters and gives us a basis to estimate them. We examine counterfactuals relaxing planning regulations or constraining city growth to assess the effect of cities on economic growth and aggregate output. |
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Duranton, Gilles and Diego Puga. "Urban Growth and Its Aggregate Implications." Econometrica 91,6 (November 2023): 2219-2259.
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Eid, Jean Overman, Henry G. Puga, Diego Turner, Matthew A. |
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Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity Journal of Urban Economics 63,2 (March 2008): 385-404. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094119007001209 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Academic Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Geocoded Data; Neighborhood Effects; Obesity; Urbanization/Urban Living We study the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Using data that tracks individuals over time, we find no evidence that urban sprawl causes obesity. We show that previous findings of a positive relationship most likely reflect a failure to properly control for the fact the individuals who are more likely to be obese choose to live in more sprawling neighborhoods. Our results indicate that current interest in changing the built environment to counter the rise in obesity is misguided. |
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Bibliography Citation
Eid, Jean, Henry G. Overman, Diego Puga and Matthew A. Turner. "Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity ." Journal of Urban Economics 63,2 (March 2008): 385-404.
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