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Understanding the Determinants of Urban Growth: A Study on the Major Italian Cities

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  • Andrea Cirilli
  • Paolo Veneri

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Italy has been typically viewed as a strongly heterogeneous country in terms of regional and sub-regional economic performances. On investigating such heterogeneity, this paper examines the determinantsof Italian population growth at the urban level between 1991 and 2008. The empirical analysis takes into account various characteristics of the cities - starting from their economic and social structure -, and then explores the role of human capital, immigration, agglomeration economies and territorial capital. The main finding is that the cities with higher sectorial diversity, younger population, higher initial share of foreign residents have grown faster during the period 1991-2008. It has been also found that higher initial unemployment rates are strongly associated with slower population growth and that spatial effects play an important role as well. The ability of a city to share common visions and develop collective actions is also associated with faster growth.

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  • Andrea Cirilli & Paolo Veneri, 2011. "Understanding the Determinants of Urban Growth: A Study on the Major Italian Cities," Rivista italiana degli economisti, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 477-506.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:jqat1f:doi:10.1427/35766:y:2011:i:3:p:477-506
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    1. Paolo Veneri & Vicente Ruiz, 2016. "Urban-To-Rural Population Growth Linkages: Evidence From Oecd Tl3 Regions," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(1), pages 3-24, January.
    2. Thomas M. FULLERTON & Carlos R. MORALES & Adam G. WALKE, 2014. "The Effects Of Education, Infrastructure, And Demographics On Regional Income Performance In Missouri," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 14(1), pages 5-22.
    3. Paolo VENERI & David BURGALASSI, 2011. "Spatial Structure and Productivity in Italian NUTS-3 Regions," Working Papers 364, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    4. Howard Chernick & Santino Piazza, 2016. "Fiscal gaps in amalgamated metropolitan areas: The case of Turin and Genoa," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2016(1), pages 137-171.
    5. Davide Burgalassi & Sabrina Iommi & Donatella Marinari, 2016. "Dimensione e offerta funzionale nella crescita urbana. Alcune evidenze nel periodo 2001-2011," SCIENZE REGIONALI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2016(2), pages 37-60.

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    Keywords

    cities; economic growth; territorial capital; O18; O40; R1; R11.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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