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A New Zealand Urban Population Database

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  • Grimes, Arthur

    (Motu Economic and Public Policy Research)

  • Tarrant, Nicholas

    (GT Research and Consulting)

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This paper documents a comprehensive database for the populations of 60 New Zealand towns and cities (henceforth "towns"). Populations are provided for every tenth year from 1926 through to 2006. New Zealand towns have experienced very different growth rates over this period. Economic geography theories posit that people migrate to (and from) places according to a few key factors. In order to analyse the determinants of urban growth empirically, we need a comprehensive database of urban populations over time, as provided here.

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  • Grimes, Arthur & Tarrant, Nicholas, 2013. "A New Zealand Urban Population Database," Motu Working Papers 13_07, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
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    1. Arthur Grimes & Eyal Apatov & Larissa Lutchman & Anna Robinson, 2016. "Eighty years of urban development in New Zealand: impacts of economic and natural factors," New Zealand Economic Papers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 303-322, September.
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    3. Filippova, Olga & Noy, Ilan, 2018. "Preventing buildings from falling down: Challenges for earthquake-strengthening policy in small-town New Zealand," Working Paper Series 20317, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.

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    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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