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Migration and Regional Disparities: the Role of Skill Biased Flows

Fratesi, Ugo; Riggi, Massimiliano - EconWPA - 2004

The persistence of disparities is one of the most striking features of regional development. We argue that movements of labour force, instead of being an always equilibrating mechanism, can also make persistent or even reinforce such inequalities. The most advanced regions are in fact generally...

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Does Commuting Reduce Wage Disparities?

Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005

This paper shows that in the Baltic countries, commuting reduces urban- rural wage and employment disparities and … increases national output. To quantify the effect of commuting on wage differentials, two sets of earnings functions are … rural areas, as well as between capital and other cities is significantly narrowed by commuting in some cases but remains …

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The Indeterminacy of Equilibrium City Formation under Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns

Berliant, Marcus; Kung, Fan- chin - EconWPA - 2004

We study the indeterminacy of equilibrium in the Fujita-Krugman (1995) model of city formation under monopolistic competition and increasing returns. Both the number and the locations of cities are endogenously determined. Assuming smooth transportation costs, we examine equilibria in...

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Curbing Excess Sprawl with Congestion Tolls and Urban Boundaries

Anas, Alex; Rhee, Hyok-Joo - EconWPA - 2004

equilibrium of land, labor and product markets and the trade-off between labor supply, commuting and discretionary travel. We show …

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Examining Changes in the Value of Rural Land in New Zealand between 1989 and 2003

Stillman, Steven - EconWPA - 2005

This paper uses valuation data from Quotable Value New Zealand to examine changes in the value of the rural land in New Zealand between 1989 and 2003. The value of rural land reflects the profitability of agriculture as well as the returns to alternative land uses, and has a large impact on the...

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The likely regional impacts of an agricultural emissions policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis

Sin, Isabelle; Brunton, Emma; Hendy, Joanna; Kerr, Suzi - EconWPA - 2005

Hendy and Kerr (2005b) find that an emissions charge on agricultural methane and nitrous oxide of $25 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent would be likely to reduce New Zealand’s net land-use related emissions for commitment period one in the order of 3%, with full accounting. The...

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Structural, efficiency and income effects of direct payments: an analysis of different payment schemes for the German region 'Hohenlohe'

Happe, Kathrin; Balmann, Alfons; Kellermann, Konrad - EconWPA - 2003

The objective of this paper is to work out some fundamental dynamic effects on agricultural structure, farm incomes, and efficiency that result from decoupled income payments, the transfer of payments together with a progressive payment cut. To do so, we apply the agent-based model AgriPoliS...

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Labor Differentiation and Agglomeration in General Equilibrium

Berliant, Marcus; Zenou, Yves - EconWPA - 2004

fixed cost for constructing the transportation network, a variable cost of commodity transport, and the commuting costs of …

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Multiple Markets and Spatial Agglomeration in a One Shopping Trip Model

Noguera, Jose - EconWPA - 2001

This paper analyzes a spatial competitive monopolistic model of agglomeration in which households make only one shopping trip per period, and there are several firms in each industry. The model is a version of a model by Fujita (1988), but unlike his, in this model no equilibrium mixed district...

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Space in General Equilibrium

Berliant, Marcus; LaFountain, Courtney - EconWPA - 2004

The goal of this essay is to introduce advanced undergraduates to urban general equilibrium theory.

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