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Title: Taste Heterogeneity, Labour Mobility and Economic Geography

Author(s): Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse

Publication Date: December 2001

Keyword(s): agglomeration, logit, migrations, spatial equity and wage differential

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: This Paper investigates the impact of the heterogeneity of the labour force on the spatial distribution of activities. This goal is achieved by applying the tools of discrete choice theory to an economic geography model. We show that taste heterogeneity acts as a strong dispersion force. We also show that the relationship between the spatial distribution of the industry (the wage differential) and trade costs is smooth and bell-shaped. Finally, while Rawlsian equity leads to the dispersion of industry, our analysis reveals that efficiency leads to a solution close to the market outcome, although the latter is likely to involve too much agglomeration compared to the former.

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Tabuchi, T and Thisse, J. 2001. 'Taste Heterogeneity, Labour Mobility and Economic Geography'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3114