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作者

来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.98,P.158-173

语言

英文

关键字

Agglomeration; Urbanisation; Urban concentration; Infrastructure; Congestion diseconomies; Growth; Sub-Saharan Africa; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; CITY SIZE; URBANIZATION; AGGLOMERATION; MIGRATION; TRAGEDY; CITIES

作者单位

[CastelIs-Quintana, David] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Econ Aplicada, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. [CastelIs-Quintana, David] Univ Barcelona, AQR IREA, Av Diagonal 690, Barcelona 08034, Spain. CastelIs-Quintana, D (reprint author), Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Econ Aplicada, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. E-Mail: dcastells@ab.edu

摘要

The link between urban concentration (primacy) and economic growth at country level is not straightforward, as there are benefits as well as costs associated with urban primacy. Recent empirical evidence suggests a differential negative effect of concentration in Sub-Saharan Africa compared to the rest of the world. This paper revisits the literature on urban concentration and economic growth to shed some light on these recent results. The main contribution of the paper is to show how differentiated effects of urban primacy on economic growth can be accounted for by considering a role for the quality of the urban environment (in terms of urban infrastructure). The role of urban infrastructure is found to be robust to a long list of controls, different specifications, different estimation techniques, and potential bias from simultaneity and measurement error. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.