| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP12114 |
| DP12114 In Search of a Spatial Equilibrium in the Developing World | |
| Douglas Gollin; David Lagakos; Martina Kirchberger | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-06-27 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In most developing countries, there is a large gap in income per head between urban and rural areas. One appealing interpretation of this gap is that it reflects a spatial equilibrium, in which the higher incomes of urban areas are offset by lower non-monetary amenities. In this paper, we draw on new high-resolution evidence to document how amenities vary across space within twenty developing countries. We focus on measures of health, housing quality, crime and pollution. These vary substantially across space, and they can be carefully measured with highly comparable data. We find that in almost all countries, and for almost all measures, amenities are constant or increasing in population density. In addition, net internal migration flows are directed toward denser areas in every country. These findings are hard to reconcile with a spatial equilibrium. Instead, they suggest that developing countries are undergoing a reallocation of workers to densely populated areas, which offer higher living standards on average. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Macroeconomics and Growth |
| 关键词 | Spatial equilibrium Living standards Amenities Disamenities Development Migration |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp12114 |
| 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/540926 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Douglas Gollin,David Lagakos,Martina Kirchberger. DP12114 In Search of a Spatial Equilibrium in the Developing World. 2017. |
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