【摘要】This paper analyses the determinants of employment and unemployment spells in an urban area. Using data from a random sample of labour force participants in Barcelona; we find that individual; firm; regulatory and macroeconomic factors all affect urban (un)employment duration to a certain degree. Also; national and urban (un)employment exhibits the same shape in the baseline hazards and has similar macroeconomic and regulatory drivers; being the individuals' characteristics the main source of difference we can identify. Consistent with the matching theory; the predicted hazards indicate that the likelihood of finding a job and of being fired is higher and lower; respectively; in the city of Barcelona than in an average Spanish location. 

【文献来源】Jordi C;Manjon M.Annals of regional Science.2014（2）