Authors: Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
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Do Colleges and Universities Increase Their Region's Human Capital?
October
2009 Number 401
Revised: March 2011
Revised: March 2011
JEL classification: R10, J24, O18
We investigate whether the degree production and research and development (R&D) activities of colleges and universities are related to the amount and types of human capital present in the metropolitan areas where the institutions are located. Our results indicate only a small positive relationship exists between a metropolitan area’s production and stock of human capital, suggesting that migration plays an important role in the geographic distribution of human capital. We also find that academic R&D activities increase local human capital levels, suggesting that spillovers from such activities can raise the demand for human capital. Consistent with these results, we show that metropolitan areas with more higher education activity tend to have a larger share of workers in high human capital occupations. Thus, this research indicates that colleges and universities can raise local human capital levels by increasing both the supply of and demand for skill.
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51 pages / 737 kbFor a published version of this report, see Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz, "Do Colleges and Universities Increase Their Region's Human Capital?" Journal of Economic Geography 12, no. 2 (May 2012): 667-91.
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