Urbanization and Productivity : Evidence from Turkish Provinces Over the Period 1980-2000

Urbanization and Productivity : Evidence from Turkish Provinces Over the Period 1980-2000

Since the early 1980s, Turkey has been going through a rapid urbanization process at a pace beyond the World average. This paper aims at assessing the impact of this rapid urbanization process on the country's sector productivity. The authors...

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Main Authors:	Coulibaly, Souleymane, Deichmann, Uwe, Lall, Somik
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS AGRICULTURE BANK DEPOSITS BORROWING BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS SERVICES CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CITIES CITY POPULATION CITY SIZE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTIONS CORRELATION MATRIX DATA ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES EQUIPMENT EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY GDP GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME TAX INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR MARKET LAWS LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LICENSES LITERACY LITERACY RATE LOAN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCALIZATION MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET POTENTIAL MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION DATA POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY PRICE INDICES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RESPONSIBILITIES RESULT RESULTS RETURNS TO SCALE SCHOOL STUDENTS STATE PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES UNIONS URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANIZATION VALUABLE WEB WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8139419/urbanization-productivity-evidence-turkish-provinces-over-period-1980-2000 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7302

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8139419/urbanization-productivity-evidence-turkish-provinces-over-period-1980-2000
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7302

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