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Spatial Heterogeneity and the Wage Curve revisited
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
local labour market is in close proximity of other labour markets, a local shock that increases unemployment may not lead to … lower pay rates if employers fear outward migration of their workers. Hence, the unemployment elasticity of pay will be …
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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...
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The Use of Spatial Filtering Techniques: The Spatial and Space-time Structure of German Unemployment Data
Patuelli, Roberto; Griffith, Daniel A.; Tiefelsdorf, Michael - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
pertaining to regional unemployment in Germany. The available data set comprises information about the share of unemployed …
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Geographical Distribution of Unemployment: An Analysis of Provincial Differences in Italy
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Cuffaro, Miranda; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Unemployment rates appear to vary widely at a subregional (e.g., local or provincial) level. Using spatial econometric … models for spatial autocorrelation, this paper focuses attention on the spatial structure of regional unemployment … of unemployment in the 103 provinces of Italy for the years 1998 and 2003. The results suggest that there is a clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256668
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Unemployment and Search Externalities in a Model with Heterogeneous Jobs and Heterogeneous Workers
Gautier, Pieter A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
This discussion paper has resulted in an article in 'Economica', 2002, 69(273), 21-40.
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Unemployment, Growth and the Organisation of Work
Groot, Henri L.F. de; Schaik, Anton B.T.M. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
by investments in R&D performed in the high-wage sector. Unemployment is determined by the costs and benefits of waiting … for a high-paid job. The wage structure, growth, and unemployment are shown to depend on the way effort is extracted. …
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Crowding Externalities from Tourist Use of Urban Space
Neuts, Bart; Nijkamp, Peter; Leeuwen, Eveline van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
Popular urban tourist destinations are attracting large numbers of both overnight visitors and excursionists. Since urban cities perform a multitude of functions, the space requirements of tourists can, at times, interfere with those of local users. This paper addresses the issue of disutilities...
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Digital Urban Network Connectivity: Global and Chinese Internet Patterns
Tranos, Emmanouil; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Papers in Regional Science</I> (2014). Volume 93, Issue 2(SI).<P> The majority of cities in our world is not only connected through conventional physical infrastructure, but increasingly through modern digital infrastructure. This paper aims to test whether...</p></i>
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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extendedby the UN has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raisequestions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. Wedevelop techniques to deal with national and...
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Meta-analysis: A Tool for Upgrading Inputs of Macroeconomic Policy Models
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Mooij, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
Meta-analysis is a research method to synthesise previously obtained researchresults. It is best seen as a statistical approach towards reviewing and summarising theliterature. This paper aims to introduce and critically review the research method ofmeta-analysis and to illustrate its potential...
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