Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/60746 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 470
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This study identifies clusters of U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas with similar knowledge traits. These groups - ranging from Making Regions, characterized by knowledge about manufacturing, to Thinking Regions, noted for knowledge about the arts, humanities, information technology, and commerce - can be used by analysts and policymakers for the purposes of regional benchmarking or comparing the types of programs and infrastructure available to support closely related economic activities. In addition these knowledge-based clusters help explain the types of regions that have levels of economic development that exceed, or fall short of, other places with similar amounts of college attainment. Regression results show that Engineering, Enterprising, and Building Regions are associated with higher levels of productivity and earnings per capita, while Teaching, Understanding, Working, and Comforting Regions have lower levels of economic development.
Subjects: 
Knowledge
occupations
economic development
JEL: 
R11
O18
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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