Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of Cities

Edward Ludwig Glaeser (), Jose Scheinkman () and Andrei Shleifer

No 5013, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We examine the relationship between urban characteristics in 1960 and urban growth (income and population) between 1960 and 1990. Our major findings are that income and population growth move together and both types of growth are (1) positively related to initial schooling, (2) negatively related to initial unemployment and (3) negatively related to the share of employment initially in manufacturing. These results are qualitatively unchanged if we examine cities (a smaller political unit) or SMSAs (a larger 'economic' unit). We also find that racial composition and segregation are basically uncorrelated with urban growth across all cities, but that in communities with large nonwhite communities segregation is positively correlated with white population growth. Government expenditures (except for sanitation) are uncorrelated with urban growth. Government debt is positively correlated with later growth.

JEL-codes: R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-02
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