The paradox in urban economics over the last thirty years is that agglomeration economies
(and diseconomies) are the driving force behind explanations of geographical concentration …

Urban policy interventions in developing countries often have two objectives. The first is to
make cities “work better” by improving the provision of local public goods, from sewerage to …

Empirical studies in spatial economics have shown that agglomeration economies may be a
source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities …

This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity
and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. As …

Critically assessing and integrating the existing literature on static agglomeration
economies, this paper overcomes the agglomeration‐growth shortcut actually present in the …

By many estimates, the world has recently crossed the point where more than half the global
population is urban, a trend driven by rapid urbanization in developing countries. Urban …

Urbanization is an inherent part of economic development, yet its success in delivering jobs,
productivity, and liveability varies widely. This issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy …

This paper is an empirical investigation of the determinants of city growth in Australia from
1981 to 1991. Our basic goal is to explain the population and labour force growth of a cross …

The relationship between urbanization and economic growth has been perplexing. In this
paper, we identify the pattern of global change and the correlation of urbanization and …

Differential rates of growth and decentralization are processes that characterized US urban
areas over the past three decades. This paper examines the determinants of growth in cities …