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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Labor-Force Heterogeneity as a Source of Agglomeration Economies in an Empirical Analysis of County-Level Determinants of Food Plant Entry
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| Autores: |
Davis, David E.
Schluter, Gerald E.
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| Data: |
2006-10-06
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agglomeration externalities
Business location determinants
Food manufacturing
Labor heterogeneity
Rural development
Labor and Human Capital
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| Resumo: |
Results of this study show that a heterogeneous labor force serves to attract new food manufacturing investment. We conduct analysis for SIC 20, Food and Kindred Product Manufacturing, and disaggregate analysis on all nine three-digit SIC food industries. Heterogeneity variables are a significant factor in nearly all specifications. We also examine which factors create the greatest increases in the expected number of new establishments. Areas with a high degree of labor heterogeneity are found to have large advantages. Labor heterogeneity is among the most important factors attracting food manufacturing to urban areas over rural areas.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23917
http://purl.umn.edu/30975
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 30, Number 03, December 2005
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| Formato: |
22
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