The Factors of Urban Population Growth: Net Immigration versus Natural Increase

Jacques Ledent
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Jacques Ledent: Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Urbanisation, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2C6 Canada

International Regional Science Review, 1982, vol. 7, issue 2, 99-125

Abstract: As a country evolves from a traditional to an advanced society, the part of urban growth that is due to net immigration follows a simple pattern, which can be described by an inverted U-shaped curve: it first increases, then passes through a maximum, and decreases thereafter. This hypothesis is confirmed by quantitative analysis using time-series and cross-section data. The analysis suggests that in the second half of this century natural increase often provides a slightly higher contribution to urban population growth than net immigration.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1177/016001768200700202

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