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A model of urban demography

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Hiroshi Aiura () (Faculty of Economics, Oita University (Japan))
Yasuhiro Sato () (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Japan))

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This paper develops an overlapping generations model that involves the endogenous determination of fertility and an explicit city structure in order to analyze fully the social and natural changes in city populations. We provide conditions under which the model exhibits the spatial features of demography observed in large Japanese cities. We also show by calibration that the low cost of obtaining human capital in Tokyo metropolitan area played a significant role in establishing its urban primacy in Japan.

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Paper provided by Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in its series Discussion Papers in Economics and Business with number 09-18-Rev.

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Date of creation: Jun 2009
Date of revision: Nov 2009
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Keywords: urbanization; demography; migration; monocentric city;

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J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts
R11 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Analysis of Growth, Development, and Changes
R14 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
R23 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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