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RICH STATES, POOR STATES: CONVERGENCE AND POLARISATION IN INDIA

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

, education, roads, industrial power consumption and bank depositsas infrastructure components explaining cross-state variation in … in-creased. The observed polarisation is explained by the disparate distributionof infrastructure, in particular, that of … education, irrigation and literacy inthe formation of the lower convergence club. Parametric analysis establishesirrigation …

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An Estimate of Imperial Austria’s Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Stock,1870-1913: Methods, Sources and Results

Schulze, Max-Stephan - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

), infrastructure (railway tracks, roads), vehicles (railway rolling stock, ships) and machinery.[...] …

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CONVERGENCE CLUB EMPIRICS: SOME DYNAMICS AND EXPLANATIONS OF UNEQUAL GROWTH ACROSS INDIAN STATES

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

infrastructure, and that ofeducation, and to an extent by a number of macroeconomic indicators, that of capitalexpenditure and fiscal …

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Bilbao City Report

Plöger, Jörg - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social andpolitical dynamism. But in the late-20th century, many former industrial cities entered a period of steep decline,losing most of their manufacturing jobs and many of their economic...

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Capital and the Determinants of Poverty and SocialExclusion

Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

capital. Five forms of capitalare distinguished – financial capital, physical capital, human capital,public infrastructure and …

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A brave new geography of the Internet age? : the determinants of telecommunications growth in historical perspective

Perkins, Richard (contributor); Neumayer, Eric (contributor) - 2007

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The political economy of housing supply : homeowners, workers, and voters

Prat, Andrea (contributor); … - 2007

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Social Indicators and the Study of Inequality

Meyers, Marcia K.; Garfinkel, Irwin - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

[...]The New York City Social Indicators Survey (SIS)project represents one effort to track the consequences ofpolicy reform and devolution for inequality and well-beingin the largest and most diverse city in the United States.The project uses a telephone survey to collect data from arepeated...

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Measuring the Value of Better Schools

Black, Sandra E. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1998

[...]In this paper, I examine two methods of measuringthe value of better schools. One involves following individualsover time to determine how the quality of theirschooling affects outcomes later in their lives; the otherinvolves calculating parental valuation of better schoolstoday. I review...

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The Two-Legged Stool: The Neglected Role of Educational Standards in Improving America’s Public Schools

Betts, Julian R. - University of California <Berkeley, Calif.> / San Diego …; … - 1998

[...]The central point is simple: far and away themost important determinant of how quickly studentslearn is the effort of students themselves. It follows thatan increase in schools’ expectations of students couldhave important effects on the quality of public schooling.By establishing a...

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