Human capital and externalities in cities

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract: We combine growth theory with US Census data on individual schooling and wages to estimate the aggregate return to human capital and human capital externalities in cities. Our estimates imply that a one-year increase in average schooling in cities increases their aggregate labor productivity by 8 to 11 percent. We find no evidence for aggregate human capital externalities in cities however although we use three different approaches. Our main theoretical contribution is to show how human capital externalities can be identified (non-parametically) even if workers with different levels of human capital are imperfect substitutes in production.

Keywords: Human capital; externalities; imperfect substitution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J3 O0 O4 R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-01, Revised 2000-10
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Working Paper: Human Capital and Externalities in Cities (2000)
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