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Urban myths and the mis-use of data that underpin them

Satterthwaite, David - 2010

This paper describes the gaps and limitations in the data available on urban populations for many low- and middle-income nations and how this limits the accuracy of international comparisons - for instance of levels of urbanization and of the size of city populations. It also discusses how the...

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Qualitative scenario building for post-carbon cities

Breil, Margaretha; Cattaneo, Cristina; Johnson, Katie - 2015

In defining the transition towards a post-carbon future, understanding the needs and determinants for policy priorities … different priorities in policy action for cities working to transition toward post-carbon futures. Results from the case study … efficiency and the transition to non-fossil energy resources. However, the specific mix of strategies envisaged for each city has …

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Passage, profit, protection and the challenge of participation

Landau, Loren B. - 2010

Accepting that successful 'development' is premised on a population's participation in a collective undertaking, we must understand urban residents'; interactions and ambitions. In African cities being transformed by geographic and social mobility, it is unclear what forms of inclusion,...

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Measures, drivers and effects of green employment : evidence from US local labor markets, 2006-2014

Vona, Francesco; Marin, Giovanni; Consoli, Davide - 2016

This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green...

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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective

Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008

Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand, the trend of recent legislation points to the increasing closure of frontiers (OECD 1999, 2001,2004), also by using immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of...

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Parsing the urban poverty puzzle : a multi-generational panel study in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, 1968 - 2008

Perlman, Janice E. - 2010

This paper describes the methodology of a longitudinal multi-generational study in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro from 1968 to 2008. Major political transformations took place in Brazil during this interval: from dictatorship to 'opening' to democracy; major economic transformations...

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Social networks, role models, peer effects, and aspirations

Mani, Anandi; Riley, Emma - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2019

We review the literature on pathways through which social networks may influence social mobility in developing countries. We find that social networks support members in tangible ways-via access to opportunities for migration, credit, trading relationships, information on jobs, and new...

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Involuntary migration, context of reception, and social mobility : the case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States

Bankston, Carl L., III.; Zhou, Min - 2018

In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts. We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...

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Violence and long-run economic growth in the United States

Baggio, Michele; Chong, Alberto; Coşgel, Metin Murat - 2023

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Patterns, trends and policy implications of private spending on skills development in Mexico and the United States

Székely, Miguel; Mendoza, Pamela - 2017

This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States. The paper uses a series of high-quality Household...

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