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Agglomeration and Sorting in U.S. Manufacturing
FEDS Working Paper No. 2025-31
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Date Written: April 08, 2025
Abstract
Using data on U.S. manufacturing plants, I estimate a production function model that includes agglomeration intensity as a component of total factor productivity and allows agglomeration benefits to vary across establishments, which can lead to sorting. I find that agglomeration benefits decline with unobserved establishmentlevel raw productivity.
Keywords: D22, D24, E24, L11, R11, R32 Agglomeration, Sorting, Census of Manufactures, Annual Survey of Manufacturers
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Stella, Andrea, Agglomeration and sorting in U.S. manufacturing (April 08, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5210287 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5210287
Andrea Stella (Contact Author)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551
United States
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