Arbeitspapier

Knowledge in cities

This study identifies clusters of U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas with similar knowledge traits. These groups - ranging from Making Regions, characterized by knowledge about manufacturing, to Thinking Regions, noted for knowledge about the arts, humanities, information technology, and commerce - can be used by analysts and policymakers for the purposes of regional benchmarking or comparing the types of programs and infrastructure available to support closely related economic activities. In addition these knowledge-based clusters help explain the types of regions that have levels of economic development that exceed, or fall short of, other places with similar amounts of college attainment. Regression results show that Engineering, Enterprising, and Building Regions are associated with higher levels of productivity and earnings per capita, while Teaching, Understanding, Working, and Comforting Regions have lower levels of economic development.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Staff Report ; No. 470

Classification
Wirtschaft
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Subject
Knowledge
occupations
economic development

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Gabe, Todd
Abel, Jaison R.
Ross, Adrienne
Stolarick, Kevin
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(where)
New York, NY
(when)
2010

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Gabe, Todd
  • Abel, Jaison R.
  • Ross, Adrienne
  • Stolarick, Kevin
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Time of origin

  • 2010

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