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SUMMARY:Dr. Yang Jiao\, Fudan University 
DESCRIPTION: \n\nABSTRACT: We investigate the role of information and commu
 nications\ntechnology (ICT) in shaping the spatial distribution of skills 
 in the\nUS\, through the lens of cross-city joint production (e.g.\, sourc
 ing\,\nheadquarter-subsidiary relation). Motivated by the stylized facts t
 hat\nbig cities had become disproportionately more skill-intensive over th
 e\nperiod of 1980 to 2013\, and industries that are more likely to\nfragme
 nt had seen a larger increase in spatial skill dispersion during\nthe same
  period\, we propose a quantifiable spatial equilibrium model\nwith fragme
 nted cross-city production and heterogeneous skills. The\nmodel echoes tha
 t a nationwide communications cost reduction\, through\nimprovement in ICT
 \, leads to skill reallocation into big cities due to\nthe increase in cro
 sscity joint productions. Consistent with model\npredictions\, we find emp
 irically—using a novel instrumentation\nstrategy—that local Internet q
 uality improvement in large cities\nleads to skill inflows\; while in smal
 l cities\, it leads to skill\noutflows. Our quantitative evaluation of the
  model shows that the\nimprovement in Internet infrastructure accounts for
  a significant\nshare of the spatial redistribution of skills across US ci
 ties.\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 722\, Philadelphia\, PA
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