This paper provides an overview of development strategies and historic growth patterns among major cities in industrialized countries. The papers objective is to identify patterns which may be repeated in the further growth and development of emerging urban centers, such as the Inchon metropolitan complex in Northeast Asia. Selected empirical results and conclusions drawn from recent published ...

There have been extensive studies exploring the relationship between agglomeration economies and economic growth. However, far less attention is paid to the nonlinear relationship of urbanization economies–firm productivity nexus, especially in developing countries. This paper aims to explore how urbanization economies impact the total factor productivity (TFP) of research and development (R&D)...

Understanding the benefits of dense agglomerations is important for decisions on where to live and our understanding deep economic disadvantage. This paper first quantify impact urban density individual wages, referred as wage premium, in Australia. By combining Household Income Labour Dynamics Australia Survey microdata 13,112 employed individuals regional-level population data, effects hourly...

A large body of literature considers the productive advantages cities, or “agglomeration economies”. Most empirical studies report positive agglomeration economies, although variation exists in magnitude estimates. We use a meta-analysis to explore this variation, drawing on 6,684 estimates from 295 that cover 54 countries and span six decades. Using rich data robust methods, we unify extend ea...