title: Shifting balances in U.S. metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area growth.
abstract: "This paper assesses some of the recent attempts to explain the perceived growth reversal between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the United States during the 1970s.  The paper argues that the reversal in population trends was not a one-time, radical shift in settlement trends, but rather the result of more continuous underlying industrial trends.  Indeed, since 1979, population growth has again become faster in metropolitan than nonmetropolitan areas."  The paper includes three sections.  Regional and area population and industrial earnings growth patterns are first summarized for the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.  Theories of polarization and polar reversal are then evaluated and found to be inadequate.  Finally, a reconstruction of the neoclassical model is proposed.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Garnick
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D007182:Income; D007221:Industry; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013383:Suburban Population; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Critique; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Evaluation; Geographic Factors; Income; Industrialization; Industry--changes; Macroeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Nonmetropolitan Population--changes; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Theory; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution--changes; United States; Urban Population--changes; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Wages