such transitions local population may be far away from its steady-state level but local wages and housing prices remain … supply imply steady-state population flows from high productivity to high quality-of-life economies. In addition, consumption … smoothing causes steady-state population density to be history dependent. Empirical evidence suggests that some time around 1930 …

Many Fourth District cities have experienced relatively weak population growth over the past half century. One possible … the educational attainment of residents is critical to population growth, particularly for cities in the Northeast and …