Measuring Urban Economic Density (English)

Agglomeration economies are at the heart of urban economics, driving the existence and extent of cities and are central to structural transformation and the urbanization process. This paper evaluates the use of different measures of economic density in assessing urban agglomeration effects, by examining how well they explain household income differences across cities and neighborhoods in six African countries. The paper examines simple scale and density...

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Henderson,J. Vernon;

Nigmatulina,Dzhamilya;

Kriticos,Sebastian Constantine Gilmour;
Document Date
2018/12/17
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8678
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/12/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Measuring Urban Economic Density
Keywords
Population Density

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Henderson,J. Vernon; Nigmatulina,Dzhamilya; Kriticos,Sebastian Constantine Gilmour.

Measuring Urban Economic Density (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 86 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/180351545079578387

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