| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP12566 |
| DP12566 Change in urban concentration and economic growth | |
| Andrés Rodríguez-Pose; Susanne Frick | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-01-05 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The paper investigates (1) the evolution of urban concentration from 1985 to 2010 in 68 countries around the world and (2) the extent to which the degree of urban concentration affects national economic growth. It aims to overcome the limitations of existing empirical literature by building a new urban population dataset that allows the construction of a set of Herfindahl-Hirschman-Indices which capture a country’s urban structure in a more nuanced way than the indicators used hitherto. We find that, contrary to the general perception, urban concentration levels have on average decreased or remained stable (depending on indicator). However, these averages camouflage diverging trends across countries. The results of the econometric analysis suggest that there is no uniform relationship between urban concentration and economic growth. Urban concentration is beneficial for economic growth in high-income countries, while this effect does not hold for developing countries. The results differ from previous analyses that generally underscore the benefits of urban concentration at low levels of economic development. The results are robust to accounting for reverse causality through IV analysis, using exogenous geographic factors as instruments. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
| 关键词 | Agglomeration Urban primacy Economic growth High-income countries Low-income countries |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp12566 |
| 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/541377 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Andrés Rodríguez-Pose,Susanne Frick. DP12566 Change in urban concentration and economic growth. 2018. |
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