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Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa

Year: 2014

Type: preprint

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the impacts of urbanization on human capital andeconomic growth in Africa. It seeks to contribute to the urbanization-growth debate byinvestigating how urbanization is linked to human capital accumulation and economic growth.More precisely, compared to previous studies on the urbanization-growth nexus, we (i) focusexclusively on African countries; (ii) consider both direct and indirect channels through whichurbanization may influence economic activity and (iii) examine a long period including theevolutions observed in the recent years.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Authors: Mohamed El Hédi Arouri, Adel Ben Youssef, Cuong Nguyen-Viet, Agnès Soucat

Institutions: Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans, Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion

Language: English

Topic: Agglomeration and Urban Systems

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W654515505

Cites: 22

Cited by: 60

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