Skill Diversity and the Evolution of Formal Employment in Cities
In this lecture, Eduardo Lora investigates a model that combines two sources of urban agglomeration economies: complementarities at the firm level between workers with diverse skills, and improved chances of matching between firms and workers in larger cities.

Eduardo Lora is an Associate at Harvard’s Center for International Development. He was Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (2008-2012) and Executive Director of Fedesarrollo, Colombia (1991- 1996). He is Vice-President of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
Date: 4 November 2019, 17:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 3
Speaker: Eduardo Lora (Harvard University)
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser contact email address: events@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Lur Alghurabi