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Labor market agglomeration economies refer to the benefits from the concentration of workers (employment) in cities. Such benefits increase workers’ productivity and affect location choices and many labor market outcomes of workers. This chapter reviews the concept, microfoundation, and empirical evidence of labor market agglomeration economies. It also summarizes the common causal identification strategies for estimating labor market agglomeration economies using micro data and discusses the related potential research topics.
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The author has benefited from valuable comments and suggestions of the editor, Shimeng Liu, Tie Shi, Wei Xiao. Financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant #72173105 and Basic Scientific Center Project 71988101) is gratefully noted. There is no conflict of interest.
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Fu, S. (2023). Labor Market Agglomeration Economies. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_386-2
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