Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 34 No. 3 Summer 2020

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-6)

Symposium: Productivity Advantages of Cities

The Economics of Urban Density

Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga

(pp. 3-26)

How Close Is Close? The Spatial Reach of Agglomeration Economies

Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange

(pp. 27-49)

Tech Clusters

William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

(pp. 50-76)

Internal Mobility: The Greater Responsiveness of Foreign-Born to Economic Conditions

Gaetano Basso and Giovanni Peri

(pp. 77-98)

Symposium: Place-Based Policies

Using Place-Based Jobs Policies to Help Distressed Communities

Timothy J. Bartik

(pp. 99-127)

Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities

Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Henry G. Overman

(pp. 128-49)

Symposium: Cities in Developing Countries

Urbanization in the Developing World: Too Early or Too Slow?

J. Vernon Henderson and Matthew A. Turner

(pp. 150-73)

Urban-Rural Gaps in the Developing World: Does Internal Migration Offer Opportunities?

David Lagakos

(pp. 174-92)

Articles

How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession

Amanda Bayer, Gary A. Hoover and Ebonya Washington

(pp. 193-219)

Facts and Myths about Misperceptions

Brendan Nyhan

(pp. 220-36)

Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn

Josh Lerner and Ramana Nanda

(pp. 237-61)

Feature

Recommendations for Further Reading

Timothy Taylor

(pp. 262-69)