Frontier workers and the seedbeds of inequality and prosperity

被引：7

作者：

Connor, Dylan Shane ^{[1
]}

Kemeny, Tom ^{[2
]}

Storper, Michael ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Geog Sci & Urban Planning, Lattie F Coor Hall,975 S Myrtle Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA

[2] Univ Toronto, Munk Sch Global Affairs & Publ Policy, 1 Devonshire Pl, Toronto, ON M5S 0A7, Canada

[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, 337 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[4] London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Geog & Environm, Cheng Kin Ku Bldg,Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY | 2023年 / 24卷 / 03期

关键词：

Inequality; cities; wages; technological change; industrial revolutions; UNITED-STATES; INCOME CONVERGENCE; WAGE INEQUALITY; TIME; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; TECHNOLOGIES; EMPLOYMENT; COMPUTER; CITIES;

D O I：

10.1093/jeg/lbad018

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This article examines the role of work at the cutting of technological change-frontier work-as a driver of prosperity and spatial income inequality. Using new methods and data, we analyze the geography and incomes of frontier workers from 1880 to 2019. Initially, frontier work is concentrated in a set of 'seedbed' locations, contributing to rising spatial inequality through powerful localized wage premiums. As technologies mature, the economic distinctiveness of frontier work diminishes, as ultimately happened to cities like Manchester and Detroit. Our work uncovers a plausible general origin story of the unfolding of spatial income inequality.

引用

页码：393 / 414

页数：22

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