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City of dreams
De la Roca, Jorge; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654597
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A taste for trips out of town : urban sprawl and access to open space
Vermeulen, Wouter; Rouwendal, Jan - 2011 - This version: March 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906025
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Divergence of human capital in cities in the People's Republic of China : exploring complementarities and spatial agglomeration of the workforce with various skills
Liang, Wenquan; Lu, Ming - 2016
In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor productivity. In this study, we used earlier census data and 1% population survey data to examine the distribution of the skilled workforce in cities in the People's Republic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488140
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An urban overhead? : crime, agglomeration, and amenity
Donovan, Stuart; Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; … - 2023
Using data for 134 locations in New Zealand, we study the effects of crime and agglomeration on urban amenity. We find … somewhat larger estimates of agglomeration economies. Together, these results suggest that crime detracts significantly from … the value of urban amenity and may also act as an urban congestion cost that serves to undermine agglomeration economies. …
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Smart cities are big cities : comparative advantage in Chinese cities
Hu, Shiwei; Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2014
workers are not able to take full advantage of the benefits from agglomeration economies. China is changing rapidly, however … institutional limitations in China against further agglomeration weaken, and that the consensus in the literature that "Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417992
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Le Grand Paris : quels outils, quels enjeux? ; préparé pour la Table Ronde 152: "Projets majeurs en infrastructures de transport et developpement regional: Evaluation et mise en oe...
Palma, André de - 2011
Le but de cette Table Ronde est d'évaluer les effets économiques des grands projets d'infrastructures de transport. On parle de grands projets pour désigner les bonds qualitatifs, qu'il s'agisse de négocier le tracé d'anneaux autoroutiers ou ferroviaires venant recouper la dispersion des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168497
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The "Grand Paris" project : tools and challenges ; prepared for the Roundtable on: "Major Transport Infrastructure Projects and Regional Economic Development - Asessment and Implem...
Palma, André de - 2011
The purpose of this Round Table is to assess the economic effects of major transport infrastructure projects. The term "major projects" is used to designate qualitative leaps, be it the mapping out of new road or rail rings to link disparate radial penetration routes or the introduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168500
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Intra-Urban Spatial Inequality : Cities as "Urban Regions"
Kilroy, Austin - 2012
This paper explores spatial inequalities within cities: how they are generated, what characteristics they have, and how these spatial inequalities become persistent and self-perpetuating, embodying serious economic and social problems. This conceptual frame views cities as agglomerations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554375
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An urban overhead? : crime, agglomeration, and amenity
Donovan, Stuart; Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; … - In: Journal of housing economics 64 (2024), pp. 1-14
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