Enrico Moretti
Enrico Moretti appears in Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing? through the episode’s local multiplier discussion. The source cites his estimate that each manufacturing job creates 1.6 additional local jobs over 10 years, while an average tech job creates five additional jobs.
His role is to discipline the regional-revitalization claim. Manufacturing can matter for Tradable Sector Local Growth and local services, but Manufacturing Regional Multiplier is not automatically larger than the multiplier attached to other high-value tradable sectors.
Connections
- Manufacturing Regional Multiplier - local spillover concept based on the cited estimate.
- Tradable Sector Local Growth - city-growth frame used in the source.
- Superstar Cities - regional concentration problem the episode introduces.
- Good Jobs For Non-College Workers - worker-policy question affected by where growth occurs.