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Title: Spouting Cities: How Rural America Industrialized

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: We study the joint process of urbanization and industrialization in the US economy between 1880 and 1940. We show that only a small share of aggregate industrialization is accounted for by the relocation of workers from remote rural areas to industrial hubs like Chicago or New York City. Instead, most sectoral shifts occurred within rural counties, dramatically transforming their sectoral structure. Most industrialization within counties occurred through the emergence of new "factory" cities with notably higher manufacturing shares rather than the expansion of incumbent cities. In contrast, today's shift towards services seems to benefit large incumbent cities the most.

Url: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30874/w30874.pdf

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Authors: Eckert, Fabian; Juneau, John; Peters, Michael

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 30874

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

Pages: 1-13

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data, IPUMS International

Topics: Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

Countries: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia