The long‐run agglomeration effects of early agriculture in Europe

Andrew Dickens and Nils‐Petter Lagerlöf

Economic Inquiry, 2023, vol. 61, issue 3, 629-651

Abstract: We study the effects of an early introduction of agriculture (Neolithic Transition) on modern agglomeration, using a new dataset on carbon dated organic materials found at archeological sites in Northern Europe. We find a positive effect of early agriculture, in particular within countries, which contrasts with a negative or zero correlation found in studies using older data, covering a larger region that includes both Europe and the Middle East. We argue that this reflects a mix of positive long‐run effects on urban agglomeration, and negative effects on state institutions, which show up to different degrees depending on context.

Date: 2023
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