Suburbanization and transportation in European cities
We study whether highway and railroad improvements cause population suburbanization in Europe’s cities. We construct a unique population and transportation dataset covering 579 cities from 29 European countries for the period 1961—2011. In order to make a causal inference, we rely on historical inst...
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| Publication date: | 2024 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Barcelona |
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| Keyword: | Ciutats Vida suburbana Autopistes Cities and towns Suburban life Express highways |
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| author | García López, Miquel-Àngel |
| author2 | Pasidis, Ilias Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet |
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| author_browse | García López, Miquel-Àngel Pasidis, Ilias Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet |
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| description | We study whether highway and railroad improvements cause population suburbanization in Europe’s cities. We construct a unique population and transportation dataset covering 579 cities from 29 European countries for the period 1961—2011. In order to make a causal inference, we rely on historical instruments. Our average results indicate that highways but not railroads were responsible for the suburbanization process: each additional highway ray decreased the share of the central city population by 5 percentage points, whereas new railroads had no impact. The heterogeneity analyses provide evidence of different patterns based on the time of the investment, the city’s size and density, and its geographical location. |
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| spelling | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities García López, Miquel-Àngel Pasidis, Ilias Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet Ciutats Vida suburbana Autopistes Cities and towns Suburban life Express highways We study whether highway and railroad improvements cause population suburbanization in Europe’s cities. We construct a unique population and transportation dataset covering 579 cities from 29 European countries for the period 1961—2011. In order to make a causal inference, we rely on historical instruments. Our average results indicate that highways but not railroads were responsible for the suburbanization process: each additional highway ray decreased the share of the central city population by 5 percentage points, whereas new railroads had no impact. The heterogeneity analyses provide evidence of different patterns based on the time of the investment, the city’s size and density, and its geographical location. Oxford University Press https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221796 |
| spellingShingle | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities García López, Miquel-Àngel Ciutats Vida suburbana Autopistes Cities and towns Suburban life Express highways |
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| title | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| title_full | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| title_fullStr | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| title_short | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| title_sort | Suburbanization and transportation in European cities |
| topic | Ciutats Vida suburbana Autopistes Cities and towns Suburban life Express highways |
| topic_facet | Ciutats Vida suburbana Autopistes Cities and towns Suburban life Express highways |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221796 |