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Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States

Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2007

This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus increases in the land area used by individual households. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.5%...

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The productivity advantages of large cities: Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego; … - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2009

Firms are more productive on average in larger cities. Two explanations have been offered: agglomeration economies … selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in larger cities left truncates the productivity … distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right shifts and dilates the distribution. We assess the relative importance of …

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Fat City: The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity

Eid, Jean; Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; Turner, … - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2006

We study the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Using data that tracks individuals over time, we find no evidence that urban sprawl causes obesity. We show that previous findings of a positive relationship most likely reflect a failure to properly control for the fact the individuals...

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Causes of sprawl: A portrait from space

Burchfield, Marcy; Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; … - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2005

We study the extent to which US urban development is sprawling and consider what determines differences in sprawl across space. Using remote-sensing data to track the evolution of land use on a grid of 8.7 billion 30x30 metre cells, we measure sprawl as the amount of undeveloped land surrounding...

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From sectoral to functional urban specialisation

Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2001

Striking evidence is presented of a previously unremarked transformation of urban structure from mainly sectoral to mainly functional specialisation. We offer an explanation showing that this transformation is inextricably interrelated with changes in firms' organisation. A greater variety of...

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