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Workforce skills across the urban-rural hierarchy
This paper examines differences in the skill content of work throughout the United States, ranging from densely populated city centers to isolated and sparsely populated rural areas. To do so, we classify detailed geographic areas into categories along the entire urban-rural hierarchy. An occupation-based cluster analysis is then used to measure the types of skills available in the regional workforce, which allows for a broader measure of human capital than is captured by conventional measures. We find that the occupation clusters most prevalent in urban areas - scientists, engineers, and executives - are characterized by high levels of social and resource-management skills, as well as the ability to generate ideas and solve complex problems. By contrast, the occupation clusters that are most prevalent in rural areas - machinists, makers, and laborers - are among the lowest in terms of required skills. These differences in the skill content of work shed light on the pattern of earnings observed across the urban-rural hierarchy.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Staff Report ; No. 552
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Subject
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human capital
skills
occupations
urban-rural
earnings
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Abel, Jaison R.
Gabe, Todd M.
Stolarick, Kevin
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Veröffentlichung
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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New York, NY
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Abel, Jaison R.
- Gabe, Todd M.
- Stolarick, Kevin
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Time of origin
- 2012
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