Measuring urban economic density

At the heart of urban economics are agglomeration economies, which drive existence and extent cities. This paper estimates effects, exploring simple very nuanced measures economic density to explain household income wage differences across cities in six Sub-Saharan African countries. A key aspect work is that we define consistently space based on fine scale measures, order gauge city. The evidence suggests more density, attempt capture within-city clustering, do no better than a measure explaining However, total population poor measure. We find large gains being denser Africa, generally larger such for other parts world. also extraordinary far greater ones. Such help pull forces driving rapid urbanization region.