This study provides a systematic review of the existing literature on Zipf's law for city size
distribution. Existing empirical evidence suggests that Zipf's law is not always observable …

This paper analyses the evolution of city size distribution in the United States throughout the
twentieth century. It tests the validity of two empirical regularities studied in urban …

Abstract We investigate Zipf's Law on the size distribution and Gibrat's Law on the growth of
sub‐national populations in China, India and Brazil. We reject Zipf's Law for India, but not for …

Understanding the co-evolution and organizational dynamics of urban properties (ie, urban
scaling) is the science base for pursuing synergies toward sustainable cities and society …

Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in China in December 2019.
Within a short period of time, the infectious disease has spread far and wide. This study …

In this study, we analyze the statistical properties of the growth process of national CO 2
emissions for over 200 countries and territories for the period 1995–2010. The results from …

This paper studies the trend of urbanization in China, examines the evolution of the urban
scale structure in China through the development of a quadratic regression model for the …

This paper analyses the evolution of the size distribution of the stock of immigrants in the
period 1960–2000. In particular, we are interested in testing the validity of two empirical …

Scholars have conjectured that the return to speaking a language increases with the number
of speakers. Long‐run economic and political integration would accentuate this advantage …

We exploit the bilateral and skill dimensions from recent data sets of international migration
to test for the existence of Z ipf's and G ibrat's laws in the context of aggregate and high …