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Determinants of urbanization
Hofman, Anett; Wan, Guangha - 2013
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 … Urbanization Prospects, we use an instrumental variables approach to identify and analyze key urbanization determinants. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781149
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881092
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the United States (US) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804538
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Growth, foreign direct investment and urban concentrations: unbundling spatial lags
Poelhekke, Steven; van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2008
Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276225
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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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Utilizing Geospatial Analysis of U.S. Census Data for Studying the Dynamics of Urbanization and Land Consumption
Menninger, Toni - 2016
Geographically referenced US census data provide a large amount of information about the extent of urbanization and … address methodological challenges of census-based approaches to the study of urbanization. To this end, a detailed overview of … resolution census data in studying urbanization in the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000696
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Income Convergence in the United States : A Tale of Migration and Urbanization
DiCecio, Riccardo - 2008
across people are consistent with convergence. Migration and urbanization are the forces behind convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722719
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Convergence in the United States : A Tale of Migration and Urbanization
DiCecio, Riccardo - 2009
across people are consistent with convergence. Migration and urbanization are the forces behind convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012720959
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Sprouting Cities : How Rural America Industrialized
Eckert, Fabian; Juneau, John; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the joint process of urbanization and industrialization in the US economy between 1880 and 1940. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537768
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Do better schools lead to more growth? Cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274179