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The Political Economy of Russian City Growth

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Ira N. Gang () (Rutgers University)
Robert C. Stuart () (Rutgers University)

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This paper examines the political economy of Russian city growth. For the 1980s, we model the growth of 168 Russian cities located in 71 Russian provinces (oblast level). We examine the role of both general socio-economic characteristics and specific state controls. Our goal is to understand the extent to which state controls on city growth actually limited city growth, controlling for the usual types of forces used to explain the attractiveness of different cities. We find that even with considerable variation of model specification, direct controls remain important as a factor explaining the growth of Russian cities in the immediate pre-transition era.

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Paper provided by Rutgers University, Department of Economics in its series Departmental Working Papers with number 199908.

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Keywords: cities; city growth; migration; Russia; urbanization;

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J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
P20 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - General
R23 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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  1. Clayton, Elizabeth & Richardson, Thomas, 1989. "Soviet Control of City Size," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 38(1), pages 155-65, October.
  2. Ira N. Gang & Robert C. Stuart, 1999. "Mobility where mobility is illegal: Internal migration and city growth in the Soviet Union," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 117-134. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Dustmann, Christian & Preston, Ian, 1998. "Attitudes to Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions," CEPR Discussion Papers 1942, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Ofer, Gur, 1976. "Industrial Structure, Urbanization, and the Growth Strategy of Socialist Countries," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 90(2), pages 219-44, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Ira N. Gang & Robert C. Stuart, 1996. "Urban to Urban Migration: Soviet Patterns and Post-Soviet Implications," Departmental Working Papers 199605, Rutgers University, Department of Economics.
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  1. Ira N. Gang & Robert C. Stuart, 2004. "Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s," Departmental Working Papers 200408, Rutgers University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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