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¿Es la concentración espacial un problema para el crecimiento en América Latina?

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  • Miguel Atienza

    (IDEAR - ORDHUM - Department of Economics, Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile)

  • Patricio Aroca

    (IDEAR - Department of Economics, Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile)

Abstract

As countries develop, the persistency of a high level of spatial concentration may become a source of inefficiency and constrain national growth. . The primacy of the main cities has persisted In Latin America, despite high urbanization rates and significant increases in GDP per capita. This article analyzes whether spatial concentration has become an obstacle for growth in Latin America. For this purpose, we analyze the urbanization process and the evolution of concentration in Latin America during the past five decades and identify which countries could have an excess of concentration. Results show that there is a group of countries, particularly those located in the southern cone, where spatial concentration is not only an equity problem but also an obstacle for national efficiency that should be considered en the design of development strategies.

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  • Miguel Atienza & Patricio Aroca, 2013. "¿Es la concentración espacial un problema para el crecimiento en América Latina?," Documentos de Trabajo en Economia y Ciencia Regional 41, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2013.
  • Handle: RePEc:cat:dtecon:dt201310
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    Cited by:

    1. Grace Carolina Guevara Rosero, 2015. "Impact of agglomeration on the regional growth of Latin American countries," ERSA conference papers ersa15p675, European Regional Science Association.
    2. Carolina Guevara, 2016. "Growth agglomeration effects in spatially interdependent Latin American regions," Working Papers halshs-01281610, HAL.
    3. Cazzuffi, Chiara & Pereira-López, Mariana & Soloaga, Isidro, 2017. "Local poverty reduction in Chile and Mexico: The role of food manufacturing growth," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 160-185.

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    Keywords

    Spatial concentration; growth; urbanization; development;
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    JEL classification:

    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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