| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP7018 |
| DP7018 Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation | |
| Frédéric Robert-Nicoud; Kristian Behrens | |
| 发表日期 | 2008-10-23 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper presents new evidence on urbanization using sub-county data for the United States from 1880-2000 and municipality data for Brazil from 1970-2000. We show that the two central stylized features of population growth for cities - Gibrat's Law and a stable population distribution - are strongly rejected when both rural and urban areas are considered. Population growth exhibits a U-shaped relationship with initial population density, and only becomes uncorrelated with initial population density at the high densities found in predominantly urban areas. We provide evidence that the explanation for these patterns lies in different employment growth dynamics in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the process of structural transformation away from the agricultural sector. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; International Trade and Regional Economics ; Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | Gibrat's law Structural transformation Urbanization |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp7018 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535854 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Frédéric Robert-Nicoud,Kristian Behrens. DP7018 Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation. 2008. |
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