Büchel, Konstantin; Kyburz, Stephan (2020). Fast track to growth? Railway access, population growth and local displacement in 19th century Switzerland. Journal of economic geography, 20(1), pp. 155-195. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jeg/lby046
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)We study the effect of railway access on population growth in 19th century Switzerland. Our analysis is based on geo-referenced railway network information and an inconsequential units IV approach. Gaining direct railway access increased annual population growth by 0.4 percentage points, while municipalities in close vicinity but no direct access (i.e. 2–10 km distance) experienced a growth slump of similar magnitude. We interpret these findings as evidence of highly localised displacement effects related to railway connections.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics > Economic Policy and Regional Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics > Public Economics 11 Centers of Competence > Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Büchel, Konstantin, Kyburz, Stephan Daniel |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
1468-2702 |
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Oxford University Press |
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English |
Submitter: |
Melanie Moser |
Date Deposited: |
18 Jun 2019 16:19 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/jeg/lby046 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/127653 |
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