Are developing-world cities engines of opportunities for low-wage earners? In this study, we track a cohort of young low-income workers in Brazil for thirteen years to explore the contribution of factors such as industrial structure and skill segregation on upward income mobility. We find that...

This paper examines the role of rural regions in the economic transformation of Korea. The analysis at regional level reveals that, while having experiencing continued urbanisation and rapid demographic shift of aging and depopulation, the Korean rural areas performs well in terms of...

This paper provides microlevel evidence of how past institutions impact present economic outcomes. It looks at the impact of colonial land tenure institutions on local governance and education outcomes in northern India. Outcomes are worse in villages that belong to areas with a history of...

We use US county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9% and the New York estimate is 3.3%. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.

This Paper examines city formation in a country whose urban population is growing steadily over time, with new cities required to accommodate this growth. In contrast to most of the literature there is immobility of housing and urban infrastructure, and investment in these assets is taken on the...

I Governi italiani hanno spesso proposto misure di politica energetica per il Paese, sebbene raramente si siano avuti effetti significativi. Recentemente il Governo italiano ha auspicato un passaggio dal concetto di politica e quello di "strategia energetica nazionale", i cui contenuti e metodi...

Proprio nel mercato elettrico più liberalizzato d’Europa si riflette sulla coesistenza tra de-carbonizzazione e regole di mercato, al fine di rispettare gli ambiziosi obiettivi europei di politica energetica. Questo lavoro ripercorre le recenti proposte di riforma avanzate dal governo...

The article underlines that, after the results in the Referendum of June 2011 on nuclear energy policy, the future pathway of the power sector is strictly conditioned to the current production structure. The author analyzes how relevant economic, geopolitical, environmental and social factors...

Climate change will be in the future one of the most influential driving force for energy policies. In the electric sector will therefore be important to find solution to reduce carbon emission. With the shrinking share of nuclear power, Carbon Capture Sequestration will play an important role,...

Paese. Oggi questo non è più vero: non è più possibile trattare di energia e ambiente senza occuparsi di industria e sviluppo. Tre eventi hanno modificato drasticamente la situazione: l’ingresso dell’Italia nell’Euro nel 1999, l’ingresso della Cina nella World Trade Organization...