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The research aims to explore regional wage inequality and the impact of place-based industrial policies on local economies.

June 13, 2026Open Access

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The research aims to explore regional wage inequality and the impact of place-based industrial policies on local economies.
Analysis of German employer–employee data from 1975–2019 focusing on wage growth by city and occupation.
Development of a task-based spatial equilibrium model to examine skill distribution in cities.
Evaluation of South Korea's industrial complexes using a stacked difference-in-differences design with historical administrative data.
Cumulative earnings in larger cities exceed those in median-sized cities by over 20 percentage points for analytical workers after 15 years.
The urban wage premium is task-biased, estimated at 1.7% to 2.5% per doubling of city size depending on task content.
Industrial complexes increase local employment by approximately 15% and manufacturing output by around 40% within a decade.

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Cumulative dissertation examines wage inequality and industrial policy effects on local economies and labor markets.

Maximilian Perl (2026) studied this question.

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