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Concentration and Growth in Latin American Countries

In: Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America

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  • Miguel Atienza

    (Universidad Católica del Norte)

  • Patricio Aroca

    (University Adolfo Ibañez)

Abstract

Despite urbanization and recent development, many Latin American countries, such as Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Argentina, still maintain very high levels of urban primacy (United Nations 2012). Most studies about the region have analyzed economic and social problems derived from the existence of urban giants but have not considered in which ways urban primacy is currently affecting national growth. In this respect, Brülhart and Sbergami (2009) show, using a sample of 105 countries and controlling for 18 variables used in various convergence studies worldwide, that when a country achieves a GDP per capita level of $10,000 an increase in the level of urban concentration, negatively affects the national growth rate. Consequently, it is plausible that in some Latin American countries spatial concentration not only has become an equity problem but also a constraint for national efficiency whose reduction should be taken into account in development strategies.

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  • Miguel Atienza & Patricio Aroca, 2013. "Concentration and Growth in Latin American Countries," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura & Patricio Aroca (ed.), Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 113-133, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-39674-8_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39674-8_6
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    1. Alvarado, Rafael & Cuesta, Lizeth & Kumar, Pavan & Rehman, Abdul & Murshed, Muntasir & Işık, Cem & Vega, Nora & Ochoa-Moreno, Santiago & Tillaguango, Brayan, 2022. "Impact of natural resources on economic progress: Evidence for trading blocs in Latin America using non-linear econometric methods," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    2. Roberto Ganau & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, 2022. "Does urban concentration matter for changes in country economic performance?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(6), pages 1275-1299, May.
    3. Patricio Aroca & Juan Pedro Eberhard, 2015. "Human Capital Concentration and the Place-Based Policies in Chile," ERSA conference papers ersa15p1496, European Regional Science Association.

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