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A World of Cities : The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2013
simple urban model illustrates that in closed economies, agricultural prosperity leads to more urbanization but that in an … open economy, urbanization increases with agricultural desperation. The challenge of developing world mega-cities is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458918
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The Wage-Productivity Hypothesis : Its Economic Consequences and Policy Implications
Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 1986
This paper explores the implications for less developed countries the hypothesis that workers' productivity depends on the wages they receive. In particular, we show that this hypothesis may explain the high urban wages and unemployment found in many such countries. The market equilibrium is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477096
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The Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations : Evidence from Global Big Data
Peri, Giovanni - 2019
urbanization in middle-income countries such as Argentina, but it will slow down urban transition in poor countries like Malawi and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479679
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Cities in the Developing World
Bryan, Gharad - 2019
The fast and often chaotic urbanization of the developing world generates both economic opportunity and challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480334
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Urbanization in the Developing World : Too Early or Too Slow?
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2020
We describe patterns of urbanization in the developing world and the extent to which they differ from the developed … world. We consider the extent to which urbanization in the developing world can be explained by conventional models of … structural transformation has suggested that urbanization in the developing is occurring `too early', while another strand argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481784
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Cities and Countries
Rose, Andrew K. - 2005
If one ranks cities by population, the rank of a city is inversely related to its size, a well-documented phenomenon known as Zipf's Law. Further, the growth rate of a city's population is uncorrelated with its size, another well-known characteristic known as Gibrat's Law. In this paper, I show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466909
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Urban Productivity in the Developing World
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2017
higher in developing-world cities than in rural areas, and historically urbanization is strongly correlated with economic … growth. Education seems to be a strong complement to urbanization, and entrepreneurial human capital correlates strongly with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455402
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What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States
Chauvin, Juan Pablo - 2016
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456671
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Why Do the Poor Live in Cities?
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2000
urbanization of poverty appears to be the result of better access to public transportation in central cities, and central city …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471131
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Do Living Wage Ordinances Reduce Urban Poverty?
Neumark, David - 2000
Many cities in the United States have recently passed living wage ordinances. These ordinances typically mandate that businesses under contract with the city or, in some cases, receiving assistance from the city, must pay their workers a wage sufficient to support a family financially. To date,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471164