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References for Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
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Further reading
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Key references
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Moretti, E. "Estimating the social return to higher
education: Evidence from longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional data" Journal of Econometrics 121:1–2 (2004): 175–212. Key reference: [1]
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Borjas, G. J. "The labor-market impact of high-skill
immigration" American Economic Review 95:2 (2005): 56–60. Key reference: [2]
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Iranzo, S., Peri, G. "Schooling externalities, technology, and
productivity: Theory and evidence from U.S. states" Review of Economics and Statistics 91:2 (2009): 420–431. Key reference: [3]
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Sand, B. M. "A re-examination of the social returns to
education: Evidence from U.S. cities" Labour Economics 24 (2013): 97–106. Key reference: [4]
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Chauvin, J. P., Glaeser, E., Ma, Y., Tobio, K. "What is different about urbanization in
rich and poor countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States" Journal of Urban Economics 98 (2017): 17–49. Key reference: [5]
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Winters, J. V. "STEM graduates, human capital
externalities, and wages in the U.S" Regional Science and Urban
Economics 48 (2014): 190–198. Key reference: [6]
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Peri, G., Shih, K., Sparber, C. "STEM workers, H-1B visas, and productivity
in US cities" Journal of Labor Economics 33:S1 (2015): S225–S255. Key reference: [7]
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Hunt, J., Gauthier-Loiselle, M. "How much does immigration boost
innovation?" American Economic Journal:
Macroeconomics 2:2 (2010): 31–56. Key reference: [8]
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Kerr, W., Lincoln, W. F. "The supply side of innovation: H-1B visa
reforms and U.S. ethnic invention" Journal of Labor Economics 28:3 (2010): 473–508. Key reference: [9]
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Akcigit, U., Grigsby, J., Nicholas, T. The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation
and Inventors of the Golden Age NBER Working Paper No.23047, 2017. Key reference: [10]
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Winters, J. V. "Human capital externalities and employment
differences across metropolitan areas of the USA" Journal of Economic Geography 13:5 (2013): 799–822. Key reference: [11]
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McHenry, P. "The geographic distribution of human
capital: Measurement of contributing mechanisms" Journal of Regional Science 54:2 (2014): 215–248. Key reference: [12]
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Bell, A. M., Chetty, M., Jaravel, X., Petkova, N., Van Reenen, J. Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The
Importance of Exposure to Innovation NBER Working Paper No.24062, 2017. Key reference: [13]
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Moretti, E. "Estimating the social return to higher
education: Evidence from longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional data" Journal of Econometrics 121:1–2 (2004): 175–212.
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