Gershon Alperovich
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gershon Alperovich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gershon |
| FAMILY NAME | Alperovich |
| SIGNATURE | ALPEROVICH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
An application of a switching regimes regression to the study of urban structure
An application of a switching regimes regression to the study of urban structure
The Relationship between Income Inequality and City Size
A conclusion which emerges from studies of the factors affecting income inequality among cities is that many are connected through a number of different mechanisms with city size. The explanations are derived from partial equilibrium models of the labour market and ignore considerations associated with labour mobility among cities. To remedy this deficiency our paper employs a well developed general equilibrium model of an open system of cities t…
The Effectiveness of Spline Urban Density Functions
Recent studies of population distribution in urban settings suggest that cubic-spline functions may be preferable to the conventional exponential form. It is contemplated that this specification is more suitable for untangling, discovering and depicting the complex density patterns of today's relatively dispersed urban areas. This paper examines the usefulness as well as the amenability of the cubic-spline function for describing and testing hypo…
Joint Estimation of Population Density Functions and the Location of the Central Business District
City Size and the Rate and Duration of Unemployment
An Explanatory Model of City-size Distribution
This paper utilises data from files of the World Bank to investigate the relevancy of a wide set of variables in explaining systematic variations of city-size distribution across countries. The Pareto exponent is employed as a measure of population concentration among cities of different sizes. The empirical results allow us to confirm a number of hypotheses. High degrees of economic development as measured by per capita GNP foster urban dispersa…
Population Density Gradients and Urbanisation Measurement
The exponential density function has been used widely to describe and compare the patterning of urban population. In this article it is argued that the exponent within the function can be biassed by the misidentification of the CBD and of the centroids of census tracts. Using a least-squares method it is shown that such misspecification (of the location of the CBD) leads to an underestimation of the gradient, and shows that the magnitude of the b…
Economic Development and Population Concentration
The distribution of city size
A new testing procedure of the rank size distribution
The Location Decision and Employment Suburbanization
The paper develops a theoretical analysis of a profit-maximizing firm's behaviour in determining output and location in order to explain the suburbanisation of employment. This is done by deriving the supply curve of a firm whose locational choice is restricted to two locations, the city centre and the suburbs. The form of this supply curve indicates that at low levels of production the city centre is optimal but above a critical level of product…
Estimation of Interregional Trade Flows
Methods for estimating interregional trade flows do not deal explicitly with middlemen. As a result, in many cases, the estimated flows are biased. In this paper a model which allows an explicit treatment of the middlemen problem is offered. It is suggested that under some simple assumptions regarding the behaviour of middlemen, a Markov chain approach is appropriate. The model is applied to the Israeli dairy industry in 1973. The results obtaine…
Urban spatial structure and income
Rent Gradient Under Uncertainty
This paper seeks to further develop location theory under uncertainty, within the classical framework of land use models formulated by Von Thünen and Alonso. The analysis proceeds by allowing uncertainty in the price of output, the transport rate of a unit of output and output per unit of land. Results are derived concerning the position and slope of the rent gradient, as compared to the case of certainty
The size distribution of cities
The economics of choice in the allocation of intergovernmental grants to local authories
Economic analysis of intraurban migration in Tel-Aviv
Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners
Alperovich G. (1983) Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners, Reg. Studies 17, 297–304. Interregional migration found in several studies to be characterized by lag structure. This paper investigates the lag structure hypothesis on data pertraining to intra-urban migration. The results of the analysis point to two important conclusions. First, there is evidence to support the hypothesis that it takes no less than ten years before t…
Scale economies and diseconomies in the determination of city size distribution
Density Gradients and the Identification of the Central Business District
Population density functions are often used in empirical as well as theoretical models of urban structure. One of the most frequent assumptions
Determinants of Population Density Gradient in Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area
Urban population density gradients have been traditionally estimated from cross-sectional data. The estimates obtained show a flattening of the gradients through time. Few works have attempted to empirically investigate the determinants of the parameters of the function. In this paper we have specified and estimated a simple model of density gradient which uses pooled cross-sectional and time-series data. The results show that income, size of met…
An Econometric Model of Migration Between US Metropolitan Areas
We test a model of inter-metropolitan migration using 1965-70 data for 284 metropolitan areas from the 1970 Census of Population. Innovations in model specification permit us to derive estimatable equations for gross in- and out-migration from a point-to-point hypothesis. Measures of economic conditions (the unemployment rate, the growth rate in employment, and the wage rate) are shown to affect migration behaviour both at origins and destination…
An Econometric Model of Employment Growth in US Metropolitan Areas
This paper reports on tests of hypotheses about the determinants of employment growth in US metropolitan areas. All urban employment covered by Social Security is included; the hypotheses are tested for each of forty groups of four-digit SIC industries. The units of observation are 284 areas, including all SMS As, as of 1970, plus some smaller places. The period is 1965-1970. The two main findings are: First, ease of attracting labor is not shown…
The size distribution of cities
Scale economies and diseconomies in the determination of city size distribution
Economic Development and Population Concentration
The economics of choice in the allocation of intergovernmental grants to local authories
An Econometric Model of Migration Between US Metropolitan Areas
We test a model of inter-metropolitan migration using 1965-70 data for 284 metropolitan areas from the 1970 Census of Population. Innovations in model specification permit us to derive estimatable equations for gross in- and out-migration from a point-to-point hypothesis. Measures of economic conditions (the unemployment rate, the growth rate in employment, and the wage rate) are shown to affect migration behaviour both at origins and destination…
An Econometric Model of Employment Growth in US Metropolitan Areas
This paper reports on tests of hypotheses about the determinants of employment growth in US metropolitan areas. All urban employment covered by Social Security is included; the hypotheses are tested for each of forty groups of four-digit SIC industries. The units of observation are 284 areas, including all SMS As, as of 1970, plus some smaller places. The period is 1965-1970. The two main findings are: First, ease of attracting labor is not shown…
An Explanatory Model of City-size Distribution
This paper utilises data from files of the World Bank to investigate the relevancy of a wide set of variables in explaining systematic variations of city-size distribution across countries. The Pareto exponent is employed as a measure of population concentration among cities of different sizes. The empirical results allow us to confirm a number of hypotheses. High degrees of economic development as measured by per capita GNP foster urban dispersa…
The Effectiveness of Spline Urban Density Functions
Recent studies of population distribution in urban settings suggest that cubic-spline functions may be preferable to the conventional exponential form. It is contemplated that this specification is more suitable for untangling, discovering and depicting the complex density patterns of today's relatively dispersed urban areas. This paper examines the usefulness as well as the amenability of the cubic-spline function for describing and testing hypo…
Joint Estimation of Population Density Functions and the Location of the Central Business District
A new testing procedure of the rank size distribution
City Size and the Rate and Duration of Unemployment
Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners
Alperovich G. (1983) Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners, Reg. Studies 17, 297–304. Interregional migration found in several studies to be characterized by lag structure. This paper investigates the lag structure hypothesis on data pertraining to intra-urban migration. The results of the analysis point to two important conclusions. First, there is evidence to support the hypothesis that it takes no less than ten years before t…
Density Gradients and the Identification of the Central Business District
Population density functions are often used in empirical as well as theoretical models of urban structure. One of the most frequent assumptions
Determinants of Population Density Gradient in Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area
Urban population density gradients have been traditionally estimated from cross-sectional data. The estimates obtained show a flattening of the gradients through time. Few works have attempted to empirically investigate the determinants of the parameters of the function. In this paper we have specified and estimated a simple model of density gradient which uses pooled cross-sectional and time-series data. The results show that income, size of met…
An application of a switching regimes regression to the study of urban structure
The distribution of city size
The Location Decision and Employment Suburbanization
The paper develops a theoretical analysis of a profit-maximizing firm's behaviour in determining output and location in order to explain the suburbanisation of employment. This is done by deriving the supply curve of a firm whose locational choice is restricted to two locations, the city centre and the suburbs. The form of this supply curve indicates that at low levels of production the city centre is optimal but above a critical level of product…
Urban spatial structure and income
An Econometric Model of Employment Growth in US Metropolitan Areas
This paper reports on tests of hypotheses about the determinants of employment growth in US metropolitan areas. All urban employment covered by Social Security is included; the hypotheses are tested for each of forty groups of four-digit SIC industries. The units of observation are 284 areas, including all SMS As, as of 1970, plus some smaller places. The period is 1965-1970. The two main findings are: First, ease of attracting labor is not shown…
An Econometric Model of Migration Between US Metropolitan Areas
We test a model of inter-metropolitan migration using 1965-70 data for 284 metropolitan areas from the 1970 Census of Population. Innovations in model specification permit us to derive estimatable equations for gross in- and out-migration from a point-to-point hypothesis. Measures of economic conditions (the unemployment rate, the growth rate in employment, and the wage rate) are shown to affect migration behaviour both at origins and destination…
Determinants of Population Density Gradient in Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area
Urban population density gradients have been traditionally estimated from cross-sectional data. The estimates obtained show a flattening of the gradients through time. Few works have attempted to empirically investigate the determinants of the parameters of the function. In this paper we have specified and estimated a simple model of density gradient which uses pooled cross-sectional and time-series data. The results show that income, size of met…
Scale economies and diseconomies in the determination of city size distribution
Density Gradients and the Identification of the Central Business District
Population density functions are often used in empirical as well as theoretical models of urban structure. One of the most frequent assumptions
Economic analysis of intraurban migration in Tel-Aviv
Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners
Alperovich G. (1983) Lagged response in intra-urban migration of home owners, Reg. Studies 17, 297–304. Interregional migration found in several studies to be characterized by lag structure. This paper investigates the lag structure hypothesis on data pertraining to intra-urban migration. The results of the analysis point to two important conclusions. First, there is evidence to support the hypothesis that it takes no less than ten years before t…
The size distribution of cities
The economics of choice in the allocation of intergovernmental grants to local authories
Urban spatial structure and income
Rent Gradient Under Uncertainty
This paper seeks to further develop location theory under uncertainty, within the classical framework of land use models formulated by Von Thünen and Alonso. The analysis proceeds by allowing uncertainty in the price of output, the transport rate of a unit of output and output per unit of land. Results are derived concerning the position and slope of the rent gradient, as compared to the case of certainty
Estimation of Interregional Trade Flows
Methods for estimating interregional trade flows do not deal explicitly with middlemen. As a result, in many cases, the estimated flows are biased. In this paper a model which allows an explicit treatment of the middlemen problem is offered. It is suggested that under some simple assumptions regarding the behaviour of middlemen, a Markov chain approach is appropriate. The model is applied to the Israeli dairy industry in 1973. The results obtaine…
A new testing procedure of the rank size distribution
The Location Decision and Employment Suburbanization
The paper develops a theoretical analysis of a profit-maximizing firm's behaviour in determining output and location in order to explain the suburbanisation of employment. This is done by deriving the supply curve of a firm whose locational choice is restricted to two locations, the city centre and the suburbs. The form of this supply curve indicates that at low levels of production the city centre is optimal but above a critical level of product…
The distribution of city size
Population Density Gradients and Urbanisation Measurement
The exponential density function has been used widely to describe and compare the patterning of urban population. In this article it is argued that the exponent within the function can be biassed by the misidentification of the CBD and of the centroids of census tracts. Using a least-squares method it is shown that such misspecification (of the location of the CBD) leads to an underestimation of the gradient, and shows that the magnitude of the b…
Economic Development and Population Concentration
City Size and the Rate and Duration of Unemployment
An Explanatory Model of City-size Distribution
This paper utilises data from files of the World Bank to investigate the relevancy of a wide set of variables in explaining systematic variations of city-size distribution across countries. The Pareto exponent is employed as a measure of population concentration among cities of different sizes. The empirical results allow us to confirm a number of hypotheses. High degrees of economic development as measured by per capita GNP foster urban dispersa…
Joint Estimation of Population Density Functions and the Location of the Central Business District
The Relationship between Income Inequality and City Size
A conclusion which emerges from studies of the factors affecting income inequality among cities is that many are connected through a number of different mechanisms with city size. The explanations are derived from partial equilibrium models of the labour market and ignore considerations associated with labour mobility among cities. To remedy this deficiency our paper employs a well developed general equilibrium model of an open system of cities t…
The Effectiveness of Spline Urban Density Functions
Recent studies of population distribution in urban settings suggest that cubic-spline functions may be preferable to the conventional exponential form. It is contemplated that this specification is more suitable for untangling, discovering and depicting the complex density patterns of today's relatively dispersed urban areas. This paper examines the usefulness as well as the amenability of the cubic-spline function for describing and testing hypo…
An application of a switching regimes regression to the study of urban structure
An application of a switching regimes regression to the study of urban structure
Economics (19 works) · Mathematics (16 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (15 works) · Econometrics (14 works) · Geography (12 works) · Statistics (10 works) · Economic geography (9 works) · Population (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)