AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Marigee Bacolod (University of California-Irvine)

Saturday, January 5, 8:00 AM

Saturday, January 5, 8:00 AM

Session: Agglomeration and Wages (AEA)

Presiding: Edward L Glaeser (Harvard University)

Agglomeration and Wages: Opening Remarks
Edward L. Glaeser (Harvard University)

Skills in the City
William Strange (University of Toronto)
Marigee Bacolod (University of California-Irvine)
Bernardo Blum (University of Toronto)
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Estimating Agglomeration Effects: History and Geology
Gilles Duranton (University of Toronto)
Pierre-Philippe Combes (GREQAM - University of Aix-Marseille)
Laurent Gobillon (Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques)
Sebastien Roux (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques)
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Wage Premia in Employment Clusters: Agglomeration Economies or Worker Heterogeneity?
Stephen L. Ross (University of Connecticut)
Shihe Fu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

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