Do amenities matter in attracting knowledge workers for regional economic development?*

Vijay K. Mathur and Sheldon H. Stein

Papers in Regional Science, 2005, vol. 84, issue 2, 251-269

Abstract: Abstract. The productivity of knowledge workers (the “H people”) relative to that of unskilled workers (the “L people”) could warrant that a region formulate economic development policies in order to raise this ratio via the in‐migration of skilled labour. This article presents a theoretical model which demonstrates the conditions that must be satisfied before an amenity based programme for economic development can succeed. The ratio of H to L turns out to play a crucial role as does the assumption that H’s are L averse. We also examine the possibility that an adverse amenity shock can push a region into an “L trap”.

Date: 2005
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