A New Zealand Urban Population Database

Arthur Grimes and Nicholas Tarrant ()
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Nicholas Tarrant: GT Research and Consulting

No 13_07, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: This paper documents a comprehensive database for the populations of 60 New Zealand towns and cities (henceforth “towns”). Populations are provided for every tenth year from 1926 through to 2006. New Zealand towns have experienced very different growth rates over this period. Economic geography theories posit that people migrate to (and from) places according to a few key factors. In order to analyse the determinants of urban growth empirically, we need a comprehensive database of urban populations over time, as provided here.

Keywords: New Zealand population; urban growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2013-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-eur, nep-geo and nep-ure
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