HUMAN CAPITAL LOCATION CHOICE: ACCOUNTING FOR AMENITIES AND THICK LABOR MARKETS*

摘要: 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, group often used as proxy measure capital. Based on data from 2001 Canadian Census Population, this paper investigates determinants nondegree holders. With multinomial logit model, it tests series hypotheses about differential effects thick labor markets amenities choice these groups metropolitan nonmetropolitan areas Canada.