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Les villes canadiennes en tant qu’engins de croissance: agglomération ou commodités?
Author(s) -
Partridge Mark,
Olfert M. Rose,
Alasia Alessandro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00399.x
Subject(s) - economic geography , metropolitan area , economies of agglomeration , amenity , geography , population growth , population , urban agglomeration , development economics , demographic economics , economic growth , economics , demography , sociology , archaeology , finance
Abstract. Canadian regional population growth is less understood than that of the United States. In both countries, certain regions have persistent population growth. Yet, unlike U.S. trends of amenity‐driven migration away from historic urban centres, Canadian growth is more urban centric. This study assesses whether agglomeration economies in the few major Canadian metropolitan areas lead to population growth in or near these cities rather than the more‐dispersed U.S. patterns. The results suggest that disparities such as the concentration of Canadians along its southern border may explain migration patterns, indicating that key differences in initial conditions may produce different outcomes between the two countries.