We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

patterns of skills. -- matching theory ; sorting ; general equilibrium ; population dynamics ; cities ; wage distribution …We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in …

We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size--wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

find robust evidence of fat tails in large cities. Big cities have big inequality. This pattern of spatial sorting is …We investigate the role of complementarities in production and skill mobility across cities. We propose a general … between the skills of workers. The nature of the complementarities determines the equilibrium skill distribution across cities …

Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich …

Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich …

find robust evidence of fat tails in large cities. Big cities have big inequality. This pattern of spatial sorting is …We investigate the role of complementarities in production and skill mobility across cities. We propose a general … between the skills of workers. The nature of the complementarities determines the equilibrium skill distribution across cities …