The new knowledge aristocracy: the creative class, mobility and urban growth

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[1] Angell, I. (2000) The New Barbarian Manifesto , London: Kogan Page

[2] Antolin, P. & O. Bover, (1997) ‘Regional Migration in Spain: The Effect of Personal Characteristics and of Unemployment, Wage and House Price Differentials Using Pooled Cross Sections’, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , 59.2: 215–235

[3] Baldwin, R. & R. Forsild, (2000) ‘The Core-Periphery Model and Endogenous Growth: Stabilising and Destabilising Integration’, Economica , 67:307–324

[4] Barro, R. and J-W Lee (2000) ‘International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications’, NBER Working Papers 7911, Cambridge (MA): National Bureau of Economic Research

[5] Bauman, Z. (2002) Society Under Siege , Cambridge: Polity Press

[6] Boothby, D. (1993) ‘Is there a Literacy Problem?’, Canadian Public Policy , 19: 18–28

[7] Becker, G. (1964,) Human Capital , New York: National Bureau of Economic Research

[8] Cannadine, D. (1999) The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , New York: Vintage

[9] Card, D. (1999) ‘The Causal Effect of Education on Earnings’, Handbook of Labor Economics , eds. O. Ashenfelter & D. Card, vol.3:1801–1863

[10] Constantinos. C & E.G. West, (1991) ‘Measuring Returns from Education’, Canadian Public Policy , 17.2:127–138

[11] Cooke, P., M. Heidenreich & H-J. Braczyk (eds) (2004) Regional Innovation Systems: The role of governance in a globalized world , 2nd edition. London; New York: Routledge

[12] Courchene. T (1986) ‘Le redressement régional, le système de transfert et le fédéralisme canadien’, in Essais sur le développement régional , eds. Savoie, D. et A. Raynauld, Montréal: Presses Universitaires de Montréal

[13] Cousineau, J-M. & F. Vaillancourt (1987) ‘Investing in University Education’ in Still Living Together , eds. Coffey. W and M. Polèse, Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy

[14] Dicken, P. & P. Lloyd (1990) Location in Space , New York: Harper & Row

[15] Donald, B. (2001) ‘Economic Competitiveness and Quality of Life in City Regions: Compatible Concepts?’, Canadian Journal of Urban Research , 10.2: 259–274

[16] Field, J. (2003) Social Capital , London: Routledge

[17] Florida, R. (2001) Technology and Tolerance: The Importance of Diversity to High-Technology Growth , Centre on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Survey Series, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution

[18] Florida, R. (2002) The Rise of the Creative Class , New York: Basic Books

[19] Florida, R. (2004,) ‘Revenge of the Squelchers’, The Next American City , 5. Retrieved August 20, 2006 from http://www.americancity.org

[20] Frank, T. (2005) What's the matter with Kansas? , New York: Metropolitan Books

[21] Glaeser, E. (2004) “Review of Richard Florida's “Rise of the Creative Class”. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/glaeser/papers/review_florida.pdf

[22] Gertler, M., R. Florida, G. Gates & T. Vinodrai (2002) Competing on Creativity: Placing Ontario's Cities in North American Context , Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation and the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://www.competeprosper.ca/research/CompetingOnCreativity_061202.pdf

[23] Hamnett, C. (2003) Unequal City: London City in the Global Arena , London: Routledge

[24] Kaldor, N. (1970) ‘The Case for Regional Policies’ in The Essential Kaldor (1989), eds. Targetti. F & A. Thirlwall, New York: Holmes & Meier

[25] Krahn, H. & G. Lowe (1998) Work, Industry and Canadian Society , 3rd edition, Scarborough, Ontario: International Thomson Publishing

[26] Krugman, P. (1995) Development, Geography and Economic Theory , Cambridge: MIT Press

[27] Livingstone, D. (1997) ‘The Limits of Human Capital Theory: Expanding Knowledge, Informal Learning and Underemployment’, Options Politiques , Juillet-Août 1997: 9–13

[28] Livingstone, D. (1999) ‘Beyond Human Capital: the Underemployment Problem’, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology , 36.2: 163–192

[29] Lucas, R. (1988) ‘On the Mechanics of Economic Development’, Journal of Monetary Economics 22:3–42

[30] Martin R. & P. Sunley (1998) ‘Slow Convergence? The New Endogenous Growth Theory and Regional Development’, Economic Geography 74: 201–227

[31] Myrdal. G (1959) Théorie Economique et Pays Sous-Développés , Paris: Présence Africaine

[32] Nelson, R. & S. Winter (1982) An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change , Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press

[33] Polèse, M & R. Shearmur (2002) La périphérie et l'économie du savoir , INRS-UCS et ICRDR: Montréal et Moncton. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://www.inrs-ucs.uquebec.ca/default.asp?p=res

[34] Ray, D. (1998) Economic Development , Princeton: Princeton University Press

[35] Romer, P. (1989) Human Capital and Growth: Theory and Evidence , Brookings working paper no.W3173, Cambridge (MA): National Bureau of Economic Research

[36] Schulter, C. (1998) ‘Income dynamics from Germany, the UK and the USA: evidence from panel data’, Working paper 8: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper8.pdf

[37] Shearmur, R. (1998) ‘A Geographical Perspective on Education and Jobs: Employment Growth and Education in the Canadian Urban System, 1981–1994’, Canadian Journal of Regional Science , 221.1:15–48

[38] Shearmur, R. (2000) ‘Quebec Signs on to the New Barbarian Manifesto’, Policy Options , December 2000: 2–44. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/dec00/shearmur.pdf

[39] Shearmur, R & M. Polèse (2005) La géographie du niveau de vie au Canada, 1971–2001, Montréal: INRS-UCS, 139p, http://www.inrs-ucs.uquebec.ca/pdf/GeographieNiveauVie.pdf

[40] Shearmur, R & M. Polèse (2006) ‘Do Local Factors Explain Local Employment Growth?: Evidence from Canada, 1971–2001’, Regional Studies , forthcoming

[41] Simon, C. (1998) ‘Human Capital and Metropolitan Employment Growth’, Journal of Urban Economics , 43: 223–243

[42] Solow, R. (1956) ‘A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics , 70: 65–94

[43] Spencer, H. (1857) ‘Progess: Its Law and Causes’, The Westminster Review , Vol 67:445–465

[44] Stolarick, K., R. Florida & L. Musante (2005) Montréal, Ville de Convergence Créatives: Perspectives et Possibilités , Catalytix. Retrieved, August 20, 2006 from http://www.culturemontreal.ca/pdf/050127_catalytix_fr.pdf

[45] Urry, J. (2000) Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty First Century , London: Routledge

[46] Wolf, A. (2002) Does Education Matter? Myths About Education and Economic Growth , London: Penguin