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| Title: | Labor-Force Heterogeneity as a Source of Agglomeration Economies in an Empirical Analysis of County-Level Determinants of Food Plant Entry |
| Authors: | Davis, David E.
Schluter, Gerald E. |
| Keywords: | agglomeration externalities
business location determinants
food manufacturing
labor heterogeneity
rural development |
| Issue Date: | 2005-12 |
| Abstract: | Results of this study show that a heterogeneous labor force serves to attract new food manufacturing investment. We conduct analysis for SIC 20, Food and Kindred Product Manufacturing, and disaggregate analysis on all nine three-digit SIC food industries. Heterogeneity variables are a significant factor in nearly all specifications. We also examine which factors create the greatest increases in the expected number of new establishments. Areas with a high degree of labor heterogeneity are found to have large advantages. Labor heterogeneity is among the most important factors attracting food manufacturing to urban areas over rural areas. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/30975 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 30, Number 03, December 2005 |
| Total Pages: | 22 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 480 |
| To Page: | 501 |
| Collections: | Volume 30, Number 03, December 2005
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