Innovation Capabilities: Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and U.S. Cities

Beckstead, Desmond; Brown, W. Mark

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1407018

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“…These findings suggest this association is not independent of a set of other urban characteristics that are correlated with urban size. Finally, there is some evidence from these regressions that long-run S&E growth has been stronger in Canada, which is consistent with the aggregate trends (see Beckstead and Brown 2006).…”

Section: The Determinants Of Science and Engineering Employment Growthsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Our regressions also find some evidence that S&E growth is negatively related to initial population size, after other factors are taken into account. In other work (Beckstead and Brown 2006), we have found a strong positive association between population size and S&E growth across North American cities. These findings suggest this association is not independent of a set of other urban characteristics that are correlated with urban size.…”

Section: The Determinants Of Science and Engineering Employment Growthsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…More discussion of the data requirements involved in making Canadian and U.S. comparisons of science and engineering (S&E) employment is found in Beckstead and Gellatly (2006) and Beckstead and Brown (2006). 7.…”

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The Left Brain of North American Cities

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2008

International Regional Science Review

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Using pooled Census of Population data for 242 metropolitan areas, this paper evaluates the link between long-run employment growth and the supply of different types of skilled labor. It also examines factors related to the growth of a particular type of skilled labor-workers in science and engineering occupations. The first part of the article investigates the contribution of broad and specialized forms of human capital to long-run changes in urban employment from 1980 to 2000. It places particular emphasis on workers in science and engineering and culture occupations. The second part of the article focuses on factors that influence the growth of science and engineering employment across metropolitan areas. It examines whether the scientific capabilities of cities are influenced by amenities such as the size of the local cultural sector.

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Section: The Determinants Of Science and Engineering Employment Growthsupporting

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Section: The Determinants Of Science and Engineering Employment Growthsupporting

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The Left Brain of North American Cities

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“…We start with the assertion that large cities are growing faster in terms of population and employment than are smaller cities and rural areas, with their citizens earning higher incomes and experiencing greater income growth than residents of smaller urban and rural areas (Beckstead and Brown, 2006;Polèse and Shearmur, 2005;Mion and Naticchioni, 2009). Fundamental to the growth of a region is its stock of human capital (see Glaeser, 2000).…”

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Growth and Change in Human Capital across the Canadian Urban Hierarchy, 1996—2001

2010

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University degree holders in large cities are more prevalent and are growing at a more rapid pace than in smaller cities and rural areas. This relatively high rate of growth stems from net migratory flows and/or higher rates of degree attainment in large cities. Using data from the 1996 and 2001 Canadian censuses, this paper tests the relative importance of these two sources of human capital growth by decomposing degree-holder growth across cities into net migratory flows (domestic and foreign) and in situ growth: that is, growth resulting from higher rates of degree attainment among the resident populations of cities. It is found that both sources are important. Hence, it is the ability of cities both to attract and to generate degree holders that underlies the high rates of degree attainment observed across city populations.

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“…Larger metropolitan areas also tend to have higher proportions of scientific and engineering employment; see, for example,Beckstead and Brown 2006. …”

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