Urbanization and Productivity : Evidence from Turkish Provinces Over the Period 1980-2000

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dc.creatorDeichmann, Uwe
dc.creatorCoulibaly, Souleymane
dc.creatorLall, Somik
dc.date2012-06-06T18:50:00Z
dc.date2012-06-06T18:50:00Z
dc.date2007-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:10:37Z
dc.descriptionSince the early 1980s, Turkey has been going through a rapid urbanization process at a pace beyond the World average. This paper aims at assessing the impact of this rapid urbanization process on the country's sector productivity. The authors built a database combining two-digit manufacturing data and some geographical, infrastructural, and socio-economic data collected at the provincial level by the Turkish State Institute of Statistics. The paper develops a parsimonious econometric relation linking sector productivity to accessibility, localization, and urbanization economies, proxying variables in the tradition of the New Economic Geography literature. The estimation results suggest that both localization and urbanization economies, as well as market accessibility, are productivity-enhancing factors in Turkey, although the causation link between productivity and these agglomeration measures is not clearly established. The sector-by-sector estimation confirms this result, although the localization economies effect is negative for the non-oil mineral sector, and the urbanization economies effect is weak for natural-resource-based sectors such as the wood and metal industry. Although the data cover the period up to 2000 and thus ignore the financial crisis that hit Turkey in 2001, the current structural transformation of the country away from the agricultural sector gives room to use the insights of these results as a preliminary step to understand the new challenges faced by the Turkish manufacturing sector. The results provide a discussion base to revisit the policy agenda on the improvement of the accessibility to markets, the improvement of the business environment to ease the creation and development of new firms, and a well-managed urbanization process to tap in the economic potential of cities.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8139419/urbanization-productivity-evidence-turkish-provinces-over-period-1980-2000
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7302
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4327
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415841
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4327
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGGLOMERATION EFFECTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBANK DEPOSITS
dc.subjectBORROWING
dc.subjectBUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS SERVICES
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCALCULATIONS
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCITY POPULATION
dc.subjectCITY SIZE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectCORRELATION MATRIX
dc.subjectDATA ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFOREIGN CURRENCY
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME TAX
dc.subjectINSPECTION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLICENSES
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLITERACY RATE
dc.subjectLOAN
dc.subjectLOCAL ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectLOCALIZATION
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET POTENTIAL
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL
dc.subjectMUNICIPALITIES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPOLICY DIALOGUE
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOPULATION DATA
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITY
dc.subjectPRICE INDICES
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROVISION OF SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subjectRESPONSIBILITIES
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectRETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectSCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subjectSTATE PLANNING
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTAX ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectURBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBAN SERVICES
dc.subjectURBAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectVALUABLE
dc.subjectWEB
dc.subjectWHOLESALE PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectWORTH
dc.titleUrbanization and Productivity : Evidence from Turkish Provinces Over the Period 1980-2000

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