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WAGES, RENTS, AND AMENITIES: DIFFERENCES AMONG WORKERS AND REGIONS
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What explains persistent regional earnings differences? This paper argues that regional differences in amenities can account for the wage differences; in contrast, cost of living variations do not account for wage differences, but actually exacerbate them. This conclusion results from a model in which variations in rents and wages are equalizing differences for amenity differences. Empirical results are consistent with the model.
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- Authors
- ROBACK, J.
- Venue
- Economic Inquiry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1988-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 23-41
- ISSN
- 0043-3640 (ISSN-L)
- 0095-2583
- 1465-7295
- OpenAlex
- W2028414086
- Cited by
- 351
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 13.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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