For instance, for each year that a White worker works in a big city, their wages increase by about 42 cents/hr more than if they spent that time outside a big city - this number is about 21 and 10 cents for Black and Latinx workers. Over a career this means 1000s in annual wage inequality.

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🚨 I have a new paper in @pnas.org! Big cities provide huge opportunities for workers to climb up the income ladder through their large number and diversity of jobs. Big cities also have higher racial wage inequality, which is getting worse over time.
#geosky #econsky
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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show that the relationship between changes in density and changes in inequality is higher when commute times also rise, as well as that changes in density are related to changes in commuting inequality. Should these results be taken as a case against increasing density in cities? Probably not. BUT,

For race, the density-inequality relationship is primarily among workers with high-incomes, while for gender it is among women and men with low incomes. For gender, I also find density is only related to gender inequality among workers who have children, suggesting that managing

between changes in density and changes in inequality is higher when commute times also rise, as well as that changes in density are related to changes in commuting inequality. Should these results be taken as a case against increasing density in cities? Probably not. BUT, they