spillovers, the distance from urban and intermediate regions has a negative effect on the population growth rate of rural regions …The objective of this paper is to better understand how the population growth rates of rural regions are affected by …-based measures are used to approximate the extent to which urban and rural areas are integrated in relational terms. Results shows …

whether the degree and type of urban concentration affects this relationship. Both income inequality and urban concentration … sensitive to the type of urban structure. Higher inequalities seem to be more detrimental for growth in large cities, while … regions characterised by small cities and rural areas are less affected. …

relationship. The comparability of results in a multi-country setting is supported through the use of Functional Urban Areas – an … positively associated with the population size of nearby cities. On the governance side, the paper finds that cities with … fragmented governance structures tend to have lower levels of productivity. For a given population size, a metropolitan area with …

This paper estimates agglomeration economies in Great Britain. The analysis employs a definition of urban areas as … productivity disparities across urban areas. It uses data from the UK Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and the UK Labour Force …

This paper applies the OECD-EU methodology to identify the functional urban areas (FUAs) in Colombia. Using the … municipal boundaries, population grid data and inter-municipalities commuting flows from the 2005 population census, the paper … identifies 53 FUAs accounting for 27 million people, or 63% of the national population. The resulting FUAs are then compared with …

relationship. The comparability of results in a multi-country setting is supported through the use of Functional Urban Areas – an … positively associated with the population size of nearby cities. On the governance side, the paper finds that cities with … fragmented governance structures tend to have lower levels of productivity. For a given population size, a metropolitan area with …

whether the degree and type of urban concentration affects this relationship. Both income inequality and urban concentration … sensitive to the type of urban structure. Higher inequalities seem to be more detrimental for growth in large cities, while … regions characterised by small cities and rural areas are less affected. …

spillovers, the distance from urban and intermediate regions has a negative effect on the population growth rate of rural regions …The objective of this paper is to better understand how the population growth rates of rural regions are affected by …-based measures are used to approximate the extent to which urban and rural areas are integrated in relational terms. Results shows …