@article{
 author = "Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban and Sarte, Pierre-Daniel and Schwartzman, Felipe",
 title = "Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution",
 journal = {American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics},
 volume = {18},
 number = {2},
 pages = {72-111},
 year = {2026},
 doi = {10.1257/mac.20230013},
 URL = {https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20230013},
 eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20230013},
 abstract = {"In the U.S., cognitive non-routine (CNR) occupations are disproportionately and increasingly represented in large cities. To study the allocation of workers across cities, we propose a quantitative spatial equilibrium model with multiple industries employing CNR and non-CNR occupations. Productivity is city-industry-occupation specific and, as we estimate, partly determined by externalities that depend on local occupation shares and total employment. An optimal policy that benefits workers equally, incentivizes the formation of cognitive hubs in large cities. It also creates higher overall activity in small cities, greater industrial specialization in both the largest and smallest cities, and greater diversification in medium-sized cities."}
}