Why are there persistent differences in income between metropolitan areas? The answer to
this question has evaded much of the scholarship on the topic. Some of the frameworks that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …