JUE Insight: Using the mode to test for selection in city size wage premia

No human is an island: essays on the economic geography of happiness

“…The majority of the world's population lives in urban places (Ritchie and Roser 2018;. Large cities attract people because they can offer more and better jobs, higher wages, better amenities, a variety of facilities, higher level of education and higher future prospects (Roca and Puga 2017;Jales et al 2022;Arntz et al 2023). Yet, we observe that the levels of satisfaction for urban residents are usually lower compared to residents in rural areas.…”