Does urban concentration matter for changes in country economic performance?

Roberto Ganau and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
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Roberto Ganau: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose: London School of Economics, UK
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Urban Studies, 2022, vol. 59, issue 6, 1275-1299

Abstract: This paper uses a novel, globally harmonised city-level data set – with cities defined at the Functional Urban Area (FUA) level – to revisit the link between urban concentration and country-level economic dynamics. The empirical analysis, involving 108 low- and high-income countries, examines how differences in urban concentration impinge on changes in employment, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and labour productivity at country level over the period 2000–2016. The results indicate that urban concentration reduces employment growth but increases GDP per capita and labour productivity growth. The returns of urban concentration are higher for high- than for low-income countries and are mainly driven by the ‘core’ of FUAs, rather than by suburban areas.

Keywords: cross-country analysis; employment growth; GDP per capita growth; labour productivity growth; long-run economic dynamics; urban concentration; 跨国分æž; 就业增长; äººå ‡å›½å†…ç”Ÿäº§æ€»å€¼å¢žé•¿; 劳动生产率增长; é•¿æœŸç» æµŽåŠ¨æ€; 城市集中度 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098021998927

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