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Intermediaries, transport costs and interlinked transactions
Lefèvre, Mélanie; Tharakan, Joe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Transport costs play a key role in agricultural markets in developing countries and are one of the causes of poverty amongst farmers that are geographically isolated. Another characteristic of agricultural markets is that they often involve interlinked transactions. However, the existing...
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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012
Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanization in Britain,...
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Roads and Innovation
Agrawal, Ajay; Galasso, Alberto; Oettl, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study the interplay between transportation infrastructure, knowledge flows, and innovation. Exploiting historical … transportation infrastructure may spur regional growth above and beyond the more commonly discussed agglomeration economies that are …
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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity
Redding, Stephen J.; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the … general equilibrium implications of transportation infrastructure improvements within and between locations for wages … effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on economic development, paying particular attention to the use of …
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The growth of cities
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of answers. Within an integrated framework, this chapter reviews key theories with implications for urban growth. It then...
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Urban Growth and Transportation
Duranton, Gilles; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
. We find that a 10% increase in a city’s stock of roads causes about a 2% increase in its population and employment and a …
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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Micro-Simulation Analysis
Immervoll, Herwig; Kleven, Henrik; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in 14 member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings. The first reform distributes the additional...
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Assessing Welfare Accounts
Fölster, Stefan; Gidehag, Robert; Orszag, Mike; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …
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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations
Booth, Alison; Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.
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