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Regional Growth in Japan
Shioji, Etsuro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory … predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The … paper investigates the possibility that this discrepancy is explained by the effects of migration on population composition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123658
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Do inventors talk to strangers? On proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084309
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Rural–Urban Migration in Indonesia: Survey Design and Implementation
Resosudarmo, Budy P.; Yamauchi, Chikako; Effendi, Tadjuddin - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
This paper summarizes the study design of the Rural–Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. We first … identifying the migration status of each household in the sampling frame, using a presurvey listing. This is followed by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511766
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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania …. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to … migration of some categories of people. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530383
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Why Do People Still Live In East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136569
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Migration and The Equilibrium Prevalence of Infectious Diseases
Mesnard, Alice; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper models how migration both influences and responds to differences in disease prevalence between cities …, regions and countries, and show how the possibility of migration away from high-prevalence areas affects long-run steady state … disease prevalence. We develop a dynamic framework where both migration and prevention behaviour respond to the prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114207
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
after the incentive is removed. The migration rate is 10 percentage points higher in treatment areas a year later, and three … re-migration, and by conducting a new experiment with a migration insurance treatment. We document several pieces of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083312
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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083803
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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084099
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When migrants rule: the legacy of mass migration on economic development in the US
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084165