HUMAN CAPITAL LOCATION CHOICE: ACCOUNTING FOR AMENITIES AND THICK LABOR MARKETS* |
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| Authors: | W Mark Brown Darren M Scott |
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| Institution: | 1. Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 18th Floor, Section G, R.H. Coats Building, 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6, Canada. E‐mail: mark.brown@statcan.gc.ca;2. TransLAB (Transportation Research Lab), School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. E‐mail: scottdm@mcmaster.ca |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A growing literature has found a positive association between human capital and long‐run employment growth across cities. These studies have increased interest in understanding the location choices of university degree holders, a group often used as a proxy measure of human capital. Based on data from the 2001 Canadian Census of Population, this paper investigates determinants of the location choices of degree and nondegree holders. With a multinomial logit model, it tests a series of hypotheses about the differential effects of thick labor markets and amenities on the location choice of these groups across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in Canada. |
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