The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement … urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we identify key determinants of public infrastructure components in …. In another step we estimate the effects of the composite index and its underlying components on urbanization. Finally …

fixed effects and is robust to instrumenting urbanization. Provinceﾒs competition, urban amenities and dis-amenities, cost … capita account for 40 percent of the negative urbanization penalty. Our result cannot be explained by the presence of … markets, young entrepreneurs are able to reap-off the benefits of urbanization externalities: every 100,000-inhabitant …

under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … urbanization patterns and industrial development strategies should be adopted in different economic areas to enhance labor …

ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also demonstrate that, for a low urbanization level, there is a unique steady …-state equilibrium where workers do not interact with weak ties, while, for a high level of urbanization, there is a unique steady … when social interactions are optimal, we show that there is over-urbanization in equilibrium …

in the future. The urbanization strategy of the government will likely raise the number of migrants with limited hukou …