This article investigates whether the development of information and communication technology (ICT) contributes to the dispersion of wealthy and talented people and helps prevent the concentration of wealth in only a few cities. In between some authors’ positive speculation on the role of ICT in reducing the necessity of physical distance and others’ emphasis on the vital role of offline interaction, the current research takes a broader view and investigates whether the technology impacts the concentration of jobs across the U.S. cities in the years 2006 and 2016. Using data from Occupational Employment Statistics surveys and the Occupational Information Network, I measure the significance of location for occupations by exploring geographical concentration and the interdependence of occupation dyads. The results show there is no evidence to support the assertion that ICT skills required for occupation were negatively associated with the geographical dispersion of the occupation in the study period. Instead, the research indicates that occupational ICT strengthened the geographical interdependence of occupations. The finds show that, in particular, jobs requiring higher ICT skills continued to be bounded to locations between 2006 and 2016. Overall, the results show there is no evidence for the claim that ICT is associated with the dispersion of geographical locations of occupations. The results suggest that rising communication technology will not necessarily diminish the concentration of good jobs or wealth inequality between cities.

本文调查信息和通信技术 (ICT) 的发展是否有助于富人和人才的分散，并有助于防止财富仅集中在少数城市。在一些作者对 ICT 在减少物理距离必要性方面的作用的积极推测和其他人对离线交互的重要作用的强调之间，当前的研究采取了更广泛的视角并调查了该技术是否会影响整个行业的工作集中度。 2006 年和 2016 年的美国城市。使用来自职业就业统计调查和职业信息网络的数据，我通过探索地理集中度和职业二元组的相互依存关系来衡量位置对职业的重要性。结果表明，没有证据支持职业所需的 ICT 技能与研究期间职业的地理分布呈负相关的说法。相反，研究表明，职业 ICT 加强了职业的地理相互依存性。研究结果表明，尤其是需要更高 ICT 技能的工作在 2006 年至 2016 年期间继续受到地点的限制。总体而言，结果表明没有证据表明 ICT 与职业地理位置的分散有关。结果表明，不断发展的通信技术不一定会减少好工作的集中度或城市之间的财富不平等。