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Sequential city growth in the US : does age matter?
González-Val, Rafael; Sánchez-Vidal, María; … - 2013
We provide empirical evidence of the dynamics of city size distribution for the whole of the twentieth century in U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. We focus our analysis on the new cities that were created during the period of analysis. The main contribution of this paper, therefore, is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685285
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Urban growth in Germany : the impact of localization and urbanization economies
Illy, Annette; Hornych, Christoph; Schwartz, Michael; … - 2009
This study examines the impact of localization and urbanization economies as well as the impact of city size on urban … ; Localization economies ; Urbanization economies ; Urban Growth ; Specialization ; Diversification … Untersuchung für die Städte in Deutschland deuten auf eine Uförmige Beziehung zwischen Spezialisierung und Stadtwachstum hin …
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Which Comes First — Urbanization or Economic Growth? Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Causality Tests
Liddle, Brant - 2015
Heterogeneous panel causality tests are employed to consider the relationship between urbanization change and economic … that relationship. Urbanization caused economic growth in high income countries, but non-causality could not be rejected …-income, predominately African countries where economic growth had a positive, causal effect on urbanization, but where urbanization, in turn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032795
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Urban Growth in Germany – The Impact of Localization and Urbanization Economies
Illy, Annette; Hornych, Christoph; Schwartz, Michael; … - 2009
This study examines the impact of localization and urbanization economies as well as the impact of city size on urban … Untersuchung für die Städte in Deutschland deuten auf eine Uförmige Beziehung zwischen Spezialisierung und Stadtwachstum hin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271397
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Wage growth, urbanization, and firm characteristics : evidence for Germany
Kelle, Markus - 2016
I use German administrative data for 2001-2010 to analyse the impact of urbanization and firm characteristics on wage …Ich verwende deutsche administrative Arbeitsmarktdaten für die Jahre 2001 bis 2010, um den Einfluss von Urbanisierung …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520622
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Does the EU have a homogeneous urban structure area? : the role of agglomeration and the impact of (hypothetical) shocks on the EU urban structure
Modica, Marco - 2014
test for stationarity. Indeed, the Zipf coefficient can be seen as a measure of urbanization: the larger the value of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503498
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What makes cities bigger and richer? : new evidence from 1990 - 2000 in the US
González-Val, Rafael - 2011
This paper analyses the determinants of growth of American cities, understood as growth of the population or of per capita income, from 1990 to 2000. This empirical analysis uses data from all cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants in the year 2000 (1154 cities). The results show that while a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548599
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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010
Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among regions in an integrated market with high mobility of labor,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653742
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Accumulation of education and regional income growth : limited human capital effects in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2011 - Date: February 1, 2011
Accumulation of education and geographic concentration of educated people in cities are expected to generate urban income growth. New economic geography predicts income divergence across regions. We investigate the dynamic process of accumulating tertiary education and regional income growth in...
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The Determinants of Urban Concentration
Junius, Karsten - 1999
Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076203