The U.S. Westward Expansion

The U.S. economic development in the nineteenth century was characterized by the westward movement of population and the accumulation of productive land in the West. This paper presents a model of migration and land improvement to identify the quantitatively important forces driving this phenomena. Two forces are key: the decrease in transportation costs induced the westward migration, while population growth was responsible for the investment in productive land.

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Year of publication:	2006-12
Authors:	Vandenbroucke, Guillaume
Institutions:	Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR), University of Southern California
Subject:	Westward Expansion \| Land-improvement \| Migration

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IEPR Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 06.59 35 pages
Classification:	E1 - General Aggregative Models ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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