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Welcome to the personal website of Frank van Oort. I am Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. My research interests include:

  • Agglomeration Economies
  • Urban and Regional Economics
  • Economic Geography
  • Geography of Innovation
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Urban Networks and Polycentricity
  • Urban Geography
  • Spatial Planning

Please feel free to explore this website and to contact me if you have questions or concerns.

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Attracting Top Talent: Analyzing local policies in China with economists’ CV data

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Liya Ma, Weizung Sun, Zhiling Wang, Frank van Oort, in ournal of Regional Science (2026): Attracting Top Talent: Analyzing Local Policies in China With Economists’ CV Data Top high‐skilled professionals, such as academics, teachers, doctors, and engineers, play a critical role in driving localized innovation and economic growth. Although extensive research exists on international talent … Continue reading Attracting Top Talent: Analyzing local policies in China with economists’ CV data

More Ways to Rome: The agglomeration and firm productivity relationship through a configurational lens

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Daniel Speldekamp, Joris Knoben & Frank van Oort (2025), “More ways to Rome: The agglomeration and firm productivity relationship through a configurational lens”. Chapter 15 in: Martin Anderson, Charlie Karlsson & Sofia Wixe (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Spatial Diversity and Business Economics, pp. 372-393. [download] A recent stream of studies demonstrates that agglomeration heterogeneously … Continue reading More Ways to Rome: The agglomeration and firm productivity relationship through a configurational lens

Do workers or firms drive the foreign acquisition wage gap?

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Marcus Rösch, Michiel Gerritse, Bas Karreman, Frank van Oort & Bart Loog (2025), “Do firms or workers drive the foreign acquisition wage premium?” European Economic Review 178, 105105. [open access] Foreign-acquired firms pay higher wages. The wage gap may arise with worker composition (e.g., sorting of high-quality workers) or firm-level premia (e.g., productivity improvements). We propose a … Continue reading Do workers or firms drive the foreign acquisition wage gap?

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