Urbanization is frequently interpreted as an outcome of agglomeration economies and, following this logic, a high … concentration around a single site of urbanization could reveal agglomeration economies which are particularly effective. In a very … concentration of urbanization around a single site is indicative of development problems. Regional development, along with its well …

between human capital accumulation and urbanization. Our results support the result according to which more urbanization … result raises policy concerns on issues related to over-urbanization. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between financial liberalization and urbanization. We conjecture that liberalizing … find that financial liberalization is positively associated with urbanization. When controlling for the robustness of … urbanization. We also identify the individual financial policies that are most strongly associated with urbanization, namely …

urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide … thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for unobserved heterogeneity across countries through fixed effects and using a variety … of spatial econometric techniques, we find a robust association between earlier urbanization and agro …

industrialization in the model capture the stages of incipient (density), intermediate (distance), and advanced (division) urbanization … urbanization. Relevant Korean examples are provided. …

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 …

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 …

from a regional perspective, and relates it to the urbanization rates and the urban concentration. Using the case of the …