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This paper examines the impact of breastfeeding practices on the large regional differences in infant mortality in Germany around 1910. Breastfeeding is strongly negatively associated with infant mortality and remains so after controlling for public health measures and for demographic, economic,...
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Az ember intellektuális élménykörébe tartozik és még gazdasági haszonnal is kecsegtet, ha a lakhelyéül szolgáló települést olyan értékhalmaz jellemzi, amely valamilyen rangot jelentő sajátosságot ad városának. A településmarketing fogalomkörébe tartozó igen színes...
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Az utóbbi évtizedekben a közgazdászképzésben háttérbe szorult a térbeli szemlélet jelentősége, pedig az információs társadalomban a gazdasági folyamatok már nem csak a fizikai térben, hanem a virtuális térben is tetten érhetők, régióról régióra változó...
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Forthcoming in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
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distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for …
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This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
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There is well-known debate about the respective role of geography versus institutions in explaining the long term … of Sulawesi and find technology adoption to play a crucial role. We show that geography through its effects on migration …
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countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that they are partly related to geography and …
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found to be related to both the skills of analysts - such as their educational and employment backgrounds - and to geography …
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