G Duranton, D Puga - Handbook of economic growth, 2014 - Elsevier
Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of …
JV Henderson - Handbook of economic growth, 2005 - Elsevier
This chapter on urbanization and growth focuses on modeling and empirical evidence that pertain to a number of inter-related questions. Why do cities form in an economy, with so …
Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of …
Policy makers and academics frequently emphasize a positive link between city size and economic growth. The empirical literature on the relationship, however, is scarce and uses …
G Duranton - The World Bank Research Observer, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both …
Why is productivity higher in cities? Does urbanization cause growth or does growth cause urbanization? Do countries achieve rapid growth or high incomes without urbanization …
This paper starts with a “primer” on what we know about the conceptual and empirical links between development and urbanization. While historical experience of developed countries …
This paper models and examines empirically the evolution of cities in an economy. Twentieth century evolution in the USA is characterized by parallel growth of cities of …
R Cervero - Urban Studies, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
The influences of urban form and transport infrastructure on economic performance show up in several contemporary policy debates, notably'sprawl versus compact city'and in the …