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Fichier |
Type de dépôt |
Pré-publication, Document de travail |
Titre |
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Urbanisation and the onset of modern economic growth
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Résumé |
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A large literature characterizes urbanisation as the result of productivity growth attracting rural workers to cities. We incorporate economic geography elements into a growth model and suggest that causation runs the other way: when rural workers move to cities, the resulting urbanisation produces technological change and productivity growth. Urban density leads to knowledge exchange and innovation, thus creating a positive feedback loop between city size and productivity that sets off sustained economic growth. The model is consistent with the fact that urbanisation rates in Western Europe, and notably in England, reached unprecedented levels by the mid-18 th century, the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
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Auteur(s)
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Liam Brunt
1, 2
, Cecilia García-Peñalosa
3, 2
1
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
( 50806 )
- Norvège
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ( 301149 )
2
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
3
AMSE -
Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
( 526949 )
- 5-9 Boulevard Bourdet
CS 50498
13205 Marseille Cedex 1
- France
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales UMR7316 ( 99539 )
;
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Aix Marseille Université UMR7316 ( 198056 )
;
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École Centrale de Marseille UMR7316 ( 300415 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7316 ( 441569 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Date de production/écriture |
2021-01
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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N - Economic History/N.N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics • Industrial Structure • Growth • Fluctuations/N.N1.N13 - Europe: Pre-1913
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N - Economic History/N.N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics • Industrial Structure • Growth • Fluctuations/N.N1.N13 - Europe: Pre-1913
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O14 - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O14 - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity/O.O4.O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity/O.O4.O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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Référence interne |
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Working paper AMSE 2021-01
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Working paper AMSE 2021-01
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
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industrialization, urbanisation, innovation, long-run growth
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