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Title: Did Highways Cause Suburbanization?
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2007
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Abstract: Between 1950 and 1990, the aggregate population of central cities in the United States declined by 17 percent despite population growth of 72 percent in metropolitan areas as a whole. This paper assesses the extent to which the construction of new limited access highways has contributed to central city population decline. Using planned portions of the interstate highway system as a source of exogenous variation, empirical estimates indicate that one new highway passing through a central city reduces its population by about 18 percent. Estimates imply that aggregate central city population would have grown by about 8 percent had the interstate highway system not been built.
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Authors: Baum-Snow, Nathaniel
Periodical (Full): Quarterly Journal of Economics
Issue: 2
Volume: 122
Pages: 775-805
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection
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