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People in cities are more productive than in rural areas. An important question is whether this is due to [[Economies of agglomeration|agglomeration effects]] or whether cities simply attract those who are more productive. Urban geographers have shown that there exists a large productivity gain due to locating in dense agglomerations.<ref>Borowiecki, Karol J. (2013) [https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/juecon/v73y2013i1p94-110.html Geographic Clustering and Productivity: An Instrumental Variable Approach for Classical Composers], Journal of Urban Economics, 73(1): 94–110</ref> It is thus possible that agents{{clarify|date=August 2015}} locate in cities in order to benefit from these agglomeration effects. | People in cities are more productive than in rural areas. An important question is whether this is due to [[Economies of agglomeration|agglomeration effects]] or whether cities simply attract those who are more productive. Urban geographers have shown that there exists a large productivity gain due to locating in dense agglomerations.<ref>Borowiecki, Karol J. (2013) [https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/juecon/v73y2013i1p94-110.html Geographic Clustering and Productivity: An Instrumental Variable Approach for Classical Composers], Journal of Urban Economics, 73(1): 94–110</ref> It is thus possible that agents{{clarify|date=August 2015}} locate in cities in order to benefit from these agglomeration effects. | ||
==Dominant conurbation== | |||
{{see also|List of largest cities throughout history|Primate city}} | |||
The dominant [[conurbation]](s) of a country can benefit to a greater extent from the same things cities offer, making them magnets for not just the non-urban population, but also urban and suburban population from other cities. Dominant conurbations are quite often [[primate city|primate cities]], but do not have to be. For instance [[Greater Manila]] is rather a conurbation than a city: its 20 million overall population (over 20% national population) make it very much a primate city, but Quezon City (2.7 million), the largest municipality in Greater Manila, and Manila (1.6 million), the capital, are not. A conurbation's dominance can be measured by output, wealth, and especially population, each expressed as a percentage of an entire country. Greater Seoul is one conurbation with massive dominance over South Korea, it is home to 50% of the entire national population.<ref>[http://kosis.kr/abroad/abroad_01List.jsp?parentId=A] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826055149/http://kosis.kr/abroad/abroad_01List.jsp?parentId=A|date=26 August 2013}}</ref> | |||
Though Greater Busan-Ulsan (15%, 8 million) and Greater Osaka (14%, 18 million) exhibit strong dominance in their respective countries, they are losing population to their even more dominant rivals, Seoul and Tokyo respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jacobs|first=A.J|date=2011|title=Ulsan, South Korea: A Global and Nested 'Great' Industrial City|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/51179815.pdf|journal=The Open Urban Studies Journal|volume=4|issue=8–20|pages=8–20|doi=10.2174/1874942901104010008|via=core.ac.uk|doi-access=free}}</ref> | |||