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Agglomeration externalities and productivity growth : U.S. cities, 1880-1930

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Klein, Alexander and Crafts, N. F. R. (2020) Agglomeration externalities and productivity growth : U.S. cities, 1880-1930. Economic History Review, 73 (1). pp. 209-232. doi:10.1111/ehr.12786 ISSN 0013-0117.

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Abstract

We investigate the role of industrial structure in labour productivity growth in manufacturing in US cities during the ‘second industrial revolution’. We find that initially greater specialization was associated with faster subsequent productivity growth but that only the very high levels of diversity which obtained in some very large cities had a positive correlation. We interpret our results as demonstrating the existence of dynamic Marshallian externalities. The impact of industrial specialization in our sample of US cities after 1890 is found to have raised the level of labour productivity in manufacturing by about 4 per cent by 1920.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Industrial productivity -- History -- United States, Cities and towns -- Economic aspects -- History -- United States, Economic specialization
Journal or Publication Title: Economic History Review
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0013-0117
Official Date: February 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2020Published
13 December 2018Available
9 July 2018Accepted
Volume: 73
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 209-232
DOI: 10.1111/ehr.12786
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Klein, A. and Crafts, N. (2020), Agglomeration externalities and productivity growth: US cities, 1880–1930. The Economic History Review, 73: 209-232. doi:10.1111/ehr.12786, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12786. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 12 July 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 13 December 2020
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
17-13 296SGrantová Agentura České Republikyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001824
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