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Autor:
J. Vernon Henderson, Matthew A. Turner
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Perspectives. 34:150-173
We describe patterns of urbanization in the developing world and the extent to which they differ from the developed world. We consider the extent to which urbanization in the developing world can be explained by conventional models of spatial equilib
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Economics. 214:104730
Quality-adjusted population density (QAPD) is population divided by land area that has been adjusted for geographic characteristics. We derive weights on these geographic characteristics from a global regression of population density at the quarter-d
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::fa4c829bd3ee133bb213b701d51a01a6
https://doi.org/10.3386/w28070
https://doi.org/10.3386/w28070
Differential institutions imposed during colonial rule continue to affect the spatial structure and urban interactions in African cities. Based on a sample of 318 cities across 28 countries using satellite data on built cover over time, Anglophone or
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Publikováno v:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PNAS
PNAS
This article shows that higher ethnolinguistic diversity is associated with a greater risk of social tensions and conflict, which, in turn, is a dispersion force lowering urbanization and the incentives to move to big cities. We construct a worldwide
We model the building of a city, estimate parameters of the model, and calculate welfare losses from institutional frictions encountered in changing land-use. We distinguish formal and slum construction technologies; in contrast to slums, formal stru
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https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa042
https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa042
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We investigate the effects of the recently constructed Chinese national highway system on local economic outcomes. On average, roads that improve access to local markets have small or negative effects on prefecture economic activity and population. H
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http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/88087/
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/88087/
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
China over the last forty years has undergone massive reform in output markets and experienced extraordinary economic growth. However, reforms of factor markets and city governance are much slower. In this paper, we tackle the key issue of local poli