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...

The progressing "metropolisation" of the economy is connected with the intensive development of some cities considered to be metropolises or potential metropolises. One of the prerequisites needed to achieve a good rate of development is providing support to enterprises in the form of financial...

House price prediction has traditionally been approached using linear or spatial linear hedonic models and focused on big cities. In this study, we developed a flexible spatiotemporal model (FSTM) to explore the spatiotemporal characteristics of the residential house price and the impact factors...

The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic downturn due to the lockdown of economic activities have spurred a lively debate concerning their effects across locations in the EU and the resulting challenges to territorial cohesion policy. The COVID-19 emergency not only has provoked...

In recent decades the challenges of globalisation, European integration and strengthened regionalisation have led to a reassessment of metropolitan regions. In Germany, the guiding principles issued by the Conference of Ministers for Spatial Planning in 2006 provided an occasion on which to...

This chapter describes the process by which a cross-border metropolitan region develops, using the example of the Greater Region. Between 2008 and 2010 the idea of a cross-border, polycentric metropolitan region in the Greater Region was investigated and further developed within the ESPON...

We analyze the change in the urban wage premium over the last 60 years. We focus on differences by gender and skill levels, with an emphasis on changes throughout the earnings distribution. We assess the importance of both changing selection into urban areas, as well as the importance of shifts...

In den letzten beiden Dekaden zeigten die deutschen Großstädte ein beeindruckendes Comeback als Orte des Wohnens wie auch des Arbeitens. Am Beispiel der 33 einwohner- und beschäftigungsstärksten Großstädte Deutschlands und ihrem funktionalen Umland wird aufgezeigt, welche Großstädte...

We study a developing countries setting in which agglomeration efficiency of urban production attracts rural-to-urban migration, whereas urban pollution deters rural-to-urban migration. By means of a general equilibrium model we study the formation of policies aimed at striking a socially...

This paper assesses the network robustness of the technological capability base of 269 European metropolitan areas against the potential elimination of some of their capabilities. By doing so it provides systematic evidence on how network robustness conditioned the economic resilience of these...

The large and persistent wage gap between the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and its peripheries remains a major concern for policymakers and civil society. Theoretically, these regional disparities exist due to differences in workforce skills and the local characteristics of the regions. This...

Cities are key places of economic activity, as they produce an enormous amount of wealth compared to the land they cover. Their study is, therefore, of primary importance in understanding the success of nations. Given the many interactions among people that happen within them, cities are well...

This paper provides the first delineation of China’s commuting-based metropolitan areas (MAs) using a new source of commuting flow data at fine geographic levels. We show that commutes in China are overwhelmingly short and largely confined by administrative boundaries. Consequently,...

Contagion occurs when cross-market correlation increases because of a shock to one market. Identifying shocks as episodes of house price exuberance, we provide evidence for contagion effects among the largest metropolitan markets in the US. We find that changes in income, interest rates, and...

Using census data, Costa and Kahn (QJE, 2000) find that power couples - couples in which both spouses have college degrees - are increasingly likely to be located in the largest metropolitan areas. One explanation for this trend is that college educated couples are more likely to face a...

BACKGROUND: Mental health conditions are a rising public health concern. In midwestern states such as Nebraska and Iowa, recent statistics have shown an increase in mental health issues since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health stigma is associated with a range of negative health...

Economic growth is the process that haschanged the style and quality of life, hasmoved human activities from rural to urbanand has favored the dynamics of urbanagglomeration. In recent years, theconsequences of these trends of progress andurbanization have begun to be negatively felt,by warming...

In this work, we present a gridded dataset about land cover, population density, real estate, and transportation in 192 worldwide urban areas representing together 800 million people. While population density and land cover are secondary data extracted from the GHS-POP and the ESA CCI databases...

In this paper, I assume the existence of distribution of urbanamenities having its maximum at the city center. These amenities are viewed as a surrogate for all kinds of outside opportunities taht consumers encounter within urban areas. Using the Hotelling model, I study the impact of these...

With shrinking cities becoming a global issue, declining housing demands due to declining population leads to a reduction in land prices. Housing asset value decline occurs mainly in suburbs, which has an economic effect on elderly households. Although some issues have already been indicated, it...

This paper aims analysis spatial interaction of Romanian Cities from 1948 until 2021 trying to perceive if along seven decades of quite different political regimes – from Central Planning to Market Interaction– there have been changes in the features of spatial interaction. The analysis...

Die Idee der Metropolregionen basiert auf der Erwartung, dass eine verbesserte Vernetzung innerhalb einer Region entweder dazu beitragen kann, dass mobile Faktoren sich an einem Ort oder an mehreren Orten stärker als zuvor konzentrieren, oder dass durch die intraregionale Vernetzung...

"Mitteldeutschland" als Raumbegriff stellt heute eine länderübergreifende Region im südlichen Ostdeutschland dar. Vor etwa 100 Jahren wurde der damals lageorientierte Planungsraum "Mitteldeutscher Industriebezirk" so bestimmt; er zählte u.a. mit anderen Verwaltungs- und Entwicklungsregionen...