Tracing the evolution of agglomeration economies: Spain, 1860-1991

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Date
2017Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
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nodoi-noplumx
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Abstract
This article attempts to quantify how the effect of agglomeration economies on
population growth has evolved over time. Using district population in Spain
between 1860 and 1991, recorded approximately every decade, this article
examines whether initial population affects subsequent population growth. Our
results show that, while the relationship between these two ...
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This article attempts to quantify how the effect of agglomeration economies on
population growth has evolved over time. Using district population in Spain
between 1860 and 1991, recorded approximately every decade, this article
examines whether initial population affects subsequent population growth. Our
results show that, while the relationship between these two variables hardly
existed during the second half of the 19th century, this link increased
significantly between 1910 and 1970, although this trend was abruptly
interrupted by the Civil War and the
autarkic period that followed. The
intensity of this relationship debilitated in the 1970s, a process that continued
during the 1980s as rural out-migration diminished and de-industrialisation hit
traditional manufacturing sectors. Our findings also stress that agglomeration
economies were stronger in medium-size
districts, especially from 1960
onwards, thus suggesting that congestion costs began to mitigate the benefits
arising from agglomeration economies in the largest locations. [--]
Subject
Agglomeration economies,
Regional growth,
Spain
Description
Trabajo presentado a Iberometrics VIII: Eight Iberian Cliometrics Workshop. Organizado por el Institute of Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE) de la Universidad Pública de Navarra, en colaboración con Glocred y expertos de instituciones de España y Portugal. Celebrado en la Upna el 20-21 de abril de 2017.
Sponsorship
This research received financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation (projects HAR2012-30732, ECO2012-
33286 and ECO2015-65049-C12-1-P).
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- Iberometrics VIII [10]