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Will the size of the city be born affecting personal income?

20 August 2019

What is the mechanism of the impact of the size of a native city on an individual's adult income? A general "level solidification" is obviously not fully explained. Therefore, the two authors of the above study, French economist Clement Bosquet and British economist Henry Overman, first proposed three mechanism hypotheses based on existing economic knowledge, and applied econometric methods to verify them separately.

Bosquet, Clément, and Henry G. Overman. "Why does birthplace matter so much?" Journal of Urban Economics 110 (2019): 26-34.

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