Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Maximilian Perl
No 999, Ruhr Economic Papers from RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen
Abstract:
Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich German administrative data, I study the heterogeneity in the pecuniary value of big city experience, a measure of dynamic agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the city-size wage gap. After 15 years of work experience in Munich the cumulative earnings premium relative to a median-sized city is 15% for workers in the most manual occupations, 25% for workers in the least manual occupations and 30% for workers in the most analytical occupations. This cumulative wage premium is 3 to 5 times the magnitude of the static city-size wage gap.
Keywords: Cities; agglomeration; tasks; wages; wage growth; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 R10 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.4419/96973165
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