US Cities from 1979-2010 exposed to innovative knowledge flows experience higher long-run firm entry. Heterogenous analysis finds that, through the firm entry channel, knowledge in computer-related technologies had the largest affect on local growth.
After harvests, female marriage age decreases and marriage rates increase. I introduce a model that illustrates the transmission of agricultural income shocks on differentiated female marriage markets to explain these phenomena. Negative agricultural income shocks impact female human capital stocks across generations throuh marriage market decisions.
Using PSID data, I survey a variety of panel data estimators and compare these estimates using the classic Mincer model.