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HUMAN CAPITAL LOCATION CHOICE: ACCOUNTING FOR AMENITIES AND THICK LABOR MARKETS *
Author(s) -
Brown W. Mark,
Scott Darren M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00772.x
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , human capital , proxy (statistics) , metropolitan area , differential (mechanical device) , economics , census , population , demographic economics , logit , labour economics , econometrics , geography , economic growth , demography , archaeology , machine learning , aerospace engineering , sociology , computer science , engineering
A growing literature has found a positive association between human capital and long‐run employment growth across cities. These studies have increased interest in understanding the location choices of university degree holders, a group often used as a proxy measure of human capital. Based on data from the 2001 Canadian Census of Population, this paper investigates determinants of the location choices of degree and nondegree holders. With a multinomial logit model, it tests a series of hypotheses about the differential effects of thick labor markets and amenities on the location choice of these groups across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in Canada.