Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development

This paper reviews the linkages between urbanization and economic development. It articulates the relationship between urban density and potential increases in productivity, through specialization, complementarities in production, through the diffu...

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Main Author: Quigley, John M.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
AIR
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914731468177532792/Urbanization-agglomeration-and-economic-development
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spelling okr-10986-280422021-04-23T14:04:46Z Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development Quigley, John M. ACCESS TO CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION AVERAGE COSTS BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRALIZATION CITY POPULATION CITY SIZE CLIMATE CHANGE CONGESTION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS EPIDEMIC EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL POLICIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GDP GLOBAL AGENDA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INNOVATION INSURANCE INVENTORY LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LARGE CITIES LEGAL STATUS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIVING CONDITIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOW MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OUTPUTS PATENTS POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RIGHTS PRACTITIONERS PRICE DISTORTIONS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROGRESS PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE REAL WAGES REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL WORKERS SANITATION SEARCH COSTS SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED WORKERS SLUM DWELLERS SOCIOLOGISTS SOLID WASTE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STATE OF WORLD POPULATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUPPLIERS TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRADE POLICIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FATALITIES TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRUE TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN GROWTH URBAN LIFE URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICY URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN SECTOR URBAN SLUMS URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS VALUE ADDED VEHICLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS VEHICLES WAGES WASTE WATER WATER SUPPLIES WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION POLICIES This paper reviews the linkages between urbanization and economic development. It articulates the relationship between urban density and potential increases in productivity, through specialization, complementarities in production, through the diffusion of knowledge and mimicry, and simply through size and scale. The factors limiting the efficient sizes of cities are analyzed. The paper reviews empirical knowledge, from underdeveloped countries as well as high-income industrial societies, about the importance and magnitudes of these productivity gains. The analysis documents the close link between gains in economic efficiency and the urbanization of populations in most parts of the world. 2017-08-28T20:45:36Z 2017-08-28T20:45:36Z 2008 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914731468177532792/Urbanization-agglomeration-and-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28042 English en_US Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ADJUSTMENT POLICIES
AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AVERAGE COSTS
BANKRUPTCY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRALIZATION
CITY POPULATION
CITY SIZE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONGESTION
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISEASES
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
EPIDEMIC
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GDP
GLOBAL AGENDA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INVENTORY
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOW
MINIMUM WAGE
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POPULATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
OUTPUTS
PATENTS
POINT OF DEPARTURE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PRACTITIONERS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PROGRESS
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY OF LIFE
REAL WAGES
REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
RENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL WORKERS
SANITATION
SEARCH COSTS
SERVICE SECTOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SLUM DWELLERS
SOCIOLOGISTS
SOLID WASTE
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATE OF WORLD POPULATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SUPPLIERS
TAXATION
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE POLICIES
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRUE
TUBERCULOSIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
URBAN AGGLOMERATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN BIAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBAN EMPLOYMENT
URBAN ENVIRONMENT
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN LIFE
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN POLICY
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN SECTOR
URBAN SLUMS
URBAN WORKERS
URBANIZATION
URBANIZATION PROCESS
VALUE ADDED
VEHICLE
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
VEHICLES
WAGES
WASTE WATER
WATER SUPPLIES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD POPULATION
WORLD POPULATION POLICIES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ADJUSTMENT POLICIES
AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AVERAGE COSTS
BANKRUPTCY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRALIZATION
CITY POPULATION
CITY SIZE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONGESTION
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISEASES
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LIFE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
EPIDEMIC
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GDP
GLOBAL AGENDA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
INVENTORY
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOW
MINIMUM WAGE
NATIONAL ECONOMIES
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POPULATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
OUTPUTS
PATENTS
POINT OF DEPARTURE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PRACTITIONERS
PRICE DISTORTIONS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PROGRESS
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY OF LIFE
REAL WAGES
REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
RENTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL WORKERS
SANITATION
SEARCH COSTS
SERVICE SECTOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SLUM DWELLERS
SOCIOLOGISTS
SOLID WASTE
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATE OF WORLD POPULATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SUPPLIERS
TAXATION
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE POLICIES
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRUE
TUBERCULOSIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
URBAN AGGLOMERATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN BIAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBAN EMPLOYMENT
URBAN ENVIRONMENT
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN LIFE
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN POLICY
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN SECTOR
URBAN SLUMS
URBAN WORKERS
URBANIZATION
URBANIZATION PROCESS
VALUE ADDED
VEHICLE
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
VEHICLES
WAGES
WASTE WATER
WATER SUPPLIES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD POPULATION
WORLD POPULATION POLICIES
Quigley, John M.
Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
relation Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 19
description This paper reviews the linkages between urbanization and economic development. It articulates the relationship between urban density and potential increases in productivity, through specialization, complementarities in production, through the diffusion of knowledge and mimicry, and simply through size and scale. The factors limiting the efficient sizes of cities are analyzed. The paper reviews empirical knowledge, from underdeveloped countries as well as high-income industrial societies, about the importance and magnitudes of these productivity gains. The analysis documents the close link between gains in economic efficiency and the urbanization of populations in most parts of the world.
format Working Paper
author Quigley, John M.
author_facet Quigley, John M.
author_sort Quigley, John M.
title Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
title_short Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
title_full Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
title_fullStr Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization, Agglomeration, and Economic Development
title_sort urbanization, agglomeration, and economic development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914731468177532792/Urbanization-agglomeration-and-economic-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28042
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