TY - BOOK ID - 138033622 TI - A Dynamic Spatial Model of Rural-Urban Transformation with Public Goods AU - Biller, Dan AU - Andres, Luis AU - Cuberes, David PY - 2014 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Agglomeration Economies KW - Communities & Human Settlements KW - Congestion Costs KW - Economic Theory & Research KW - Health, Nutrition and Population KW - Labor Policies KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - National Urban Development Policies & Strategies KW - Population Policies KW - Public Goods KW - Rural-Urban Transformation KW - Social Protections and Labor KW - Urban Development KW - Urban Housing and Land Settlements UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138033622 AB - This paper develops a dynamic model that explains the pattern of population and production allocation in an economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population living in the city and urban firms become more productive when they operate in locations with a larger labor force. However, congestion costs associated with a too large population size limit the process of urban-rural transformation. Firms in the urban location also benefit from a public good that enhances their productivity. The model predicts that in the competitive equilibrium the urban location is inefficiently small because households fail to internalize the agglomeration economies and the positive effect of public goods in urban production. ER -