Standard models explain urbanization by rural-urban migration in response to an (expected) urban-rural wage gap. The … agglomeration and providing further insights into the phenomenon of urbanization without growth. Both migra- tion and urban … demographics must be considered in debating urbanization. …

Many theories link urbanization with industrialization; in particular, with the production of tradable (and typically … manufactured) goods. We document that the expected relationship between urbanization and the level of industrialization is not … stylized facts, we construct a model of structural change that accommodates two different paths to high urbanization rates. The …

number of mega-cities in the developing world. This has led scholars to believe that development and urbanization are not …). In particular, we first establish that, although urbanization and income remain highly correlated within any given year …, urbanization is 25-30 percentage points higher in 2010 than in 1500 at every level of income per capita. Second, while historically …

Many theories link urbanization with industrialization; in partic- ular, with the production of tradable (and typically … manufactured) goods. We document that the expected relationship between urbanization and the … structural change that accommodates two different paths to high urbanization rates. The ï¬rst involves the typical movement of …