title: The rural-urban population balance again.
abstract: "This paper explores further the economics of the rural-urban population balance, using the method of comparative statics.  It confirms the results obtained by Artle and his colleagues, using the method of excess demand analysis, thus demonstrating that the two methods of analysis are equivalent in this context.  In analysing the effects of non-neutral technological change upon urbanization, it is essential to distinguish between the total elasticity of demand for manufactured products, and the income and (compensated) price elasticities, respectively.  The empirical plausibility is questioned of assuming that total demand for the aggregate of manufactured goods is elastic."
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D007182:Income; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012424:Rural Population; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013672:Technology; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Data Analysis; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Economics; Geographic Factors; Income; Population; Population Characteristics; Pricing; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Rural Spatial Distribution; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Technology; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization