Cities and the organization of manufacturing Export

@article{citeulike:180215, abstract = {This paper provides some recent evidence on the distribution of manufacturing activity across cities in the US. For overall manufacturing, the number of establishments increases more than proportionally with city population, total employment increases in proportion to city population, and the employee size of an establishment is stochastically decreasing as city population increases. While these results are partly driven by the differences in industry composition across cities, for many industries larger cities tend to accommodate more employment through an expansion in the number of establishments, but not necessarily through an increase in average establishment size.}, author = {Dinlersoz, Emin M.}, citeulike-article-id = {180215}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00007-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V89-4846MDD-1/2/5c87817171a75f0f265c711fdf6a62b5}, doi = {10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00007-3}, journal = {Regional Science and Urban Economics}, keywords = {agglomeration, manufacturing}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {71--100}, posted-at = {2005-05-04 20:06:06}, priority = {0}, title = {Cities and the organization of manufacturing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00007-3}, volume = {34}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:180215 L3 - citeulike-article-id:180215 N2 - This paper provides some recent evidence on the distribution of manufacturing activity across cities in the US. For overall manufacturing, the number of establishments increases more than proportionally with city population, total employment increases in proportion to city population, and the employee size of an establishment is stochastically decreasing as city population increases. While these results are partly driven by the differences in industry composition across cities, for many industries larger cities tend to accommodate more employment through an expansion in the number of establishments, but not necessarily through an increase in average establishment size. IS - 1 JF - Regional Science and Urban Economics EP - 100 TI - Cities and the organization of manufacturing VL - 34 SP - 71 KW - agglomeration KW - manufacturing AU - Dinlersoz, Emin PY - 2004/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00007-3 ER -