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Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, FAS
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The Complementarity Between Cities and Skills, Edward Glaeser, June 2009, Paper. "There is a strong connection between per-worker productivity and metropolitan area population, which is commonly interpreted as evidence for the existence of agglomeration economies. This correlation is particularly strong in cities with higher levels of skill and virtually nonexistent in less skilled metropolitan areas. This fact is particularly compatible with the view that urban density is important because proximity spreads knowledge, which either makes workers more skilled or entrepreneurs more productive..." Link