Recent studies suggest that the only convergence of Southern Italy towards the Italian and European average, from 1951 …-1984). From the oil shocks onwards, however, public intervention in Southern Italy deteriorated and was no longer effective in … the economic development of Southern Italy at the regional level. After re-assessing the role of the Cassa in light of the …

Did the late industrialization in Europe’s periphery improve life for its urban class? This paper examines family … living conditions in northern Spain during late industrialization in the interwar period. We concentrate on the Basque region … industrialization increased real wages and overall standards of living. We contrast this empirically by examining the effects of income …

modernization†in Henan Province as follows: the level of industrialization is not high; the general level of urbanization is low …€œindustrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization†in Henan Province is to take a road of industrialization and urbanization, not at the …€œindustrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization†in Henan Province as follows: keep to the new road of industrialization with …

on the country industrialization, where had been left aside agriculture development, the activity which had before … significantly more important role in the country economy. The industrialization processes were followed also by accelerated … urbanization. Increasing number of inhabitants is concentrated in the cities, suburbs to which they were spread and in industrial …

This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal … urbanization has slowed down, the localized importance of education and infrastructure have not. Our results suggest that districts … with better education and infrastructure have experienced a faster pace of urbanization, although higher urban-rural cost …

The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of … urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …

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 …

urbanization. We also find positive and significant effects of industrialization and education on urbanization, consistent with the …In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the … People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous …