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Agricultural surplus, division of labour and the emergence of cities: A spatial general equilibrium model

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  • Gilles Spielvogel

    (DIAL, Paris)

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n this paper, we expose the economic conditions of cities emergence in a spatial general equilibrium framework. The presence of increasing returns based on the division of labour, transport costs and the possible existence of an agricultural surplus are enough to generate different possible urban equilibrium. A city may not be sustainable if internal transport costs are too high. On the other hand, a persistent migratory pressure may exist between the city and the surrounding rural hinterland if the urban labour market is saturated. In addition, we study the conditions of stability of the monocentric equilibrium in the different cases.

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  • Gilles Spielvogel, 2005. "Agricultural surplus, division of labour and the emergence of cities: A spatial general equilibrium model," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 108, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:got:iaidps:108
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    Keywords

    Urbanization; division of labour; agricultural surplus; monocentric urban system;
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    JEL classification:

    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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