The urban–rural education gap: do cities indeed make us smarter?

Abstract Despite the large urban–rural education gap observed in most countries, little attention has been paid to whether cities actually enjoy a comparative advantage in the production of human capital. Using Dutch administrative data, this paper finds that children growing in urban regions consis...

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Published in:Journal of economic geography 2021-09, Vol.21 (5), p.683-714
Main Author: van Maarseveen, Raoul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agglomeration economies
human capital
urban–rural education gap
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