Similar Search Results

Income Inequality and Oligarchs in Russian Regions: A Note

Fidrmuc, Jarko; Gundacker, Lidwina - 2017

We trace the rise of the so called oligarchs in post-Soviet Russia and examine their relationship to income … distribution in Russia. When Russia moved to a market economy in the 1990s a new business elite evolved. Russia’s distinctive path …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657170

Urbanization, productivity differences and spatial frictions

Arcalean, Calin; Glomm, Gerhard; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - 2019

We study decentralized and optimal urbanization in a simple multi-sector model of a rural-urban economy focusing on productivity differences and internal trade frictions. We show that even in the absence of the typical externalities studied in the literature, such as agglomeration, congestion or...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018300

Trade and development in a labor surplus economy

Barbier, Edward B.; Rauscher, Michael - 2005

This paper looks at a model in which two countries trade agricultural and manufactured commodities. The manufactured-goods sector produces with increasing returns to scale under conditions of monopolistic competition. It is shown that an increase in land endowment (or an increase in agricultural...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261285

Urbanization, Productivity Differences and Spatial Frictions

Arcalean, Calin - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871753

Population Sorting and Human Capital Accumulation

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2021

's human capital accumulation function in the periphery are incorporated. I show how migration affects the inter … help increase the per-capita human capital levels, if free uncontrolled migration leads to a reduction in human capital …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658044

Brown growth, green growth, and the efficiency of urbanization

Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2012

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of production. Pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic production. We show that cities are too large and too few in number in uncoordinated...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291550

What do immigrants value most about Switzerland? Evidence of the relative importance of income taxes

Morger, Mario - 2013

indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291885

What Makes Brain Drain More Likely? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Méango, Romuald - 2016

number has fueled fears about “Brain Drain” as only 3% of the population obtains tertiary education. Although migration … can compensate for the selection of high-skilled workers into migration. This papers measures the selection, incentive and … migration, thereby decreasing the average schooling level in the origin countries. However, stronger incentives to invest in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584908

Knowledge Remittances: Does Emigration Foster Innovation?

Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018111

Relocation of the Rich: Migration in Response to Top Tax Rate Changes from Spanish Reforms

Agrawal, David R.; Foremny, Dirk - 2018

in tax revenue from the out-ow of migration. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872084

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last