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Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting

delete2021-09-13
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Fretz, Stephan
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Raphaël Parchet
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Frédéric Robert‐Nicoud *
DOI：10.1093/ej/ueab070delete
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Abstract

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We design a parsimonious spatial equilibrium model featuring workers embodied with heterogeneous skills and non-homothetic preferences. In equilibrium, locations with improved commuting access become relatively more attractive to high-income earners. We empirically analyse the effects of the construction of the Swiss highway network between 1960 and 2010 on the population size and composition of municipalities. We find that the advent of a new highway access led to a long-term 24% increase in the share of top-income taxpayers and a 8% decrease in the share of low-income taxpayers, impacting segregation by income. Highways also contributed to job and residential urban sprawl.
Keywords:
POPULATION-GROWTH
URBAN-GROWTH
TRADE
RAILROADS
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCATION
IMPACT
CITIES
ROADS
AGGLOMERATION

Journal

Economic Journal cover
Economic Journal
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Citations:
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