Fast track to growth? Railway access, population growth and local displacement in 19th century Switzerland
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Keywords
railway access; population growth; displacement effects;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2018-07-30 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2018-07-30 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-URE-2018-07-30 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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