TY - JOUR
T1 - A simultaneous-equations analysis of urban development
T2 - Migration and industrial growth in Israel's new towns
AU - Gabriel, Stuart A.
AU - Justman, Moshe
AU - Levy, Amnon
N1 - Funding Information:
*The authors are grateful to Iris Firstman, Orit Giladi, and Daniella Benisti for research and computing assistance. Financial support for this study was provided by grants from the University Research Fund, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Monaster Center for Economic Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and from the Jewish Agency of Israel. +Present address: Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C. 20551.
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - This study analyzes recent patterns of development of Israel's new towns through application of a simultaneous-equations econometric model. This approach enables us to specify and test causal interactions among migration, industrial investment, employment, and other structural and policy variables affecting urban development. Our results affirm the importance of economic opportunity, agglomeration effects, population socioeconomic and ethnic composition, and access in determining migration flows. At the same time, unemployment and investment indices are affected by local labor-market conditions, government incentives, and regional development effects as well as by population composition and migration flows. Policy implications of the analysis are considered.
AB - This study analyzes recent patterns of development of Israel's new towns through application of a simultaneous-equations econometric model. This approach enables us to specify and test causal interactions among migration, industrial investment, employment, and other structural and policy variables affecting urban development. Our results affirm the importance of economic opportunity, agglomeration effects, population socioeconomic and ethnic composition, and access in determining migration flows. At the same time, unemployment and investment indices are affected by local labor-market conditions, government incentives, and regional development effects as well as by population composition and migration flows. Policy implications of the analysis are considered.
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U2 - 10.1016/0094-1190(87)90008-8
DO - 10.1016/0094-1190(87)90008-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023341866
SN - 0094-1190
VL - 21
SP - 364
EP - 377
JO - Journal of Urban Economics
JF - Journal of Urban Economics
IS - 3
ER -
