Growing through Cities in Developing Countries

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both static and dynamic. It then argues that more productive jobs in citi...

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Main Author:	Duranton, Gilles
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES CITIES CITY POPULATION CITY PRODUCTIVITY CITY SIZE CITY TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISPLACEMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CENTRE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXTERNALITIES HIGHWAY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL LAND INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INNOVATIVE CITIES INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS JOB CREATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LARGE CITIES LOCATION DECISIONS MARKET FAILURES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINIMUM WAGE MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOODS NOMINAL WAGES OLDER WORKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SUBSIDIES QUALITY OF LIFE RAIL RAIL LINES RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAY LINES RAILWAYS REAL WAGES RENTS RESIDENTIAL LAND RISK SHARING ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS SERVICE SECTORS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS STREET VENDORS SUBURBS SUPPLIERS TAX TAX EXEMPTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN URBAN AFFAIRS URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES URBAN CROWDING URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GROWTH URBAN LABOR URBAN LAND URBAN LIFE URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGES WORKER PRODUCTIVITY YOUNG WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19303506/growing-through-cities-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17734

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19303506/growing-through-cities-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17734

Growing through Cities in Developing Countries

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