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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Berlepsch, Viola von - European Regional Science Association - 2013
coincided with the greatest waves of European migration (1880, 1910) in order to uncover the settlement patterns of migrants of … determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development … difference for long-term economic development whatsoever. This holds for the first and second wave of migration. Hence being …
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Ranking German regions using interregional migration - What does internal migration tells us about regional well-being?
Wirth, Benjamin - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This research project ranks German regions with help of interregional migration data instead of gross domestic product … respect to aggregate interregional migrate are based on a discrete choice of model of migration decisions. Given some … assumptions on the nature of migration costs and a structural model using double exponential extreme value function, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740307
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Housing allocations, imputed rents and inequality in urban China
Zax, Jeffrey - European Regional Science Association - 2014
This paper demonstrates that subsidized housing substantially increased inequality among urban Chinese residents in 1988 and 1995. Regressions for 1995 rental units impute estimated market rents in 1988 and 1995 for all dwelling units. In both years, these imputed values exceeded actual rents by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075838
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Who turns to entrepreneurship later in life? - Push and pull in Finnish rural and urban areas
Tervo, Hannu - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Age is an important factor in entrepreneurship. The paths into entrepreneurship at a later age may be varied. Self-employment in later life may be either a form of partial retirement or a career option. Older individuals may also be pushed into self-employment. The focus of this paper is on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075775
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The Russian Urban System in Transition: The View of New Economic Geography
Kauffmann, Albrecht - European Regional Science Association - 2013
including urban costs, it is shown that also increasing costs of freight transportation may give incentives to migration of …? Are migration flows correlated to changes in concentration of urban population? In the empirical investigation, population … urban units. On the regional level, demographic data (natural growth, matrices of urban and rural migration, external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740371
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TOP TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS, INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM ENGLISH FIRMS AND CITIES, 2008-9
Nathan, Max - European Regional Science Association - 2013
High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740495
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The choice of migration destinations: cultural diversity versus cultural distance
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - European Regional Science Association - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants¡¯ varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075847
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Development Gaps in the Sud Muntenia Region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Albu, Lucian-Liviu; Ghizdeanu, Ion; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Development gaps are a common feature throughout the regions of the European Union, and Romania is no exception. Despite all the political and financial efforts, the convergence process is lengthy and complex, and the gaps with the deepest economic and social roots are the most difficult to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740477
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The entrepreneurial performance of the Central and Eastern European regions
Páger, Balázs - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The theoretical concepts about entrepreneurship have changed since the last three decades. It has become one of the most crucial factors in the economic processes. These changes in the theories about entrepreneurships have been supported by the shift in the whole economic environment. If we look...
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Downward drifting Sticky Floors? - Evidence on the Development of Wage Inequality Among Foreigners in Germany
Ludsteck, Johannes; Lehmer, Florian - European Regional Science Association - 2013
We employ the German social security register data to analyze the development of wage inequality among foreigners in Germany. The data show a sharp increase of wage inequality which exceeds the size observed for natives. The decomposition methods proposed by DiNardo et al. (1996) are employed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740542