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Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs).Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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Survival of the fittest in cities: agglomeration, selection, and polarisation

Behrens, Kristian; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Empirical studies consistently report that labour productivity and TFP rise with city size. The reason is that cities attract the most productive agents, select the best of them, and make the selected ones even more productive via various agglomeration economies. This paper provides a...

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The reversal of fortune thesis reconsidered

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Green, Elliott D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

grew rich. We question their analysis with regard to both of their proxies for pre-modern income, namely urbanization and … population density. First, an alternative measure of urbanization with more observations generates a positive (but not …

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Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a global panel of cities

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Palmer, Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We exploit a unique panel of 75 metro areas (‘cities’) across the globe and employ a cityfixed effects model to identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and population densities significantly reduce air pollution...

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Non-farm diversification and rural poverty decline: a perspective from Indian sample survey and village study data

Himanshu, Himanshu; Lanjouw, Peter; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper studies the evolution of the rural non-farm sector in India and its contribution to the decline of poverty … close study over a period of six decades. Sample survey data indicate that the non-farm sector in rural India has grown … in India as both particularly closely linked to rural non-farm development and recording particularly high rates of urban …

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Poverty, inequality and mobility in Palanpur: observations from Palanpur

Himanshu, Himanshu; Bakshi, Ishan; Dufour, Camille - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

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The auto-component supply chain in China and India: a benchmark study

Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

manufacturers in China and six in India; a range of general component suppliers in both countries, and on a detailed benchmarking …

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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition

Martin, Marina B.V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

In contemporary times, hundi has collected countless labels; the international press has spurned innumerable villainous descriptions, the bulk of which have helped to perpetuate a dense fog of notoriety. The critical problem lies in definition. As there is an incomplete understanding of hundi's...

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Just rewards? Local politics and public resource allocation in South India

Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini; Rao, Vijayendra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This paper uses data on elected village councils in South India to examine the political economy of public resource …

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Fertility, education and development: further evidence from India

Dreze, Jean; Murthi, Mamta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

There has been a significant decline in fertility in many parts of India since the early 1980s. This paper reexamines …

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