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Regional inequality and internal conflict
Lessmann, Christian - 2013
This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal con-flicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level re- gional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291665
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Spatial Inequality, Geography and Economic Activity
Achten, Sandra - 2019
We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890626
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Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants - A View from Outer Space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015
.e., the determinants of the convergence process. We find evidence for an N-shaped relationship between development and … regional inequality. Geography, mobility and trade openness are also highly important. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531799
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Explaining Spatial Patterns of Foreign Employment in Germany
Lehmann, Robert; Nagl, Wolfgang - 2017
This paper investigates the main determinants of the regional representation of foreign employees in Germany. Since migration determinants are not necessarily the same for workers of different nationalities, we explain spatial patterns not only for total foreign employment but also for the 35...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615911
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Climate Change and Migration: The Case of Africa
Conte, Bruno - 2022
yields on the geography of the economy. I combine the model with forecasts of future crop yields to find that climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427734
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The Persistent Effects of Place-Based Policy: Evidence from the West-German Zonenrandgebiet
von Ehrlich, Maximilian; Seidel, Tobias - 2015
of market access for economic development as identified in Redding and Sturm (2008) by about 45 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531848
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Climate Change and Migration : The Case of Africa
Conte, Bruno - 2022
yields on the geography of the economy. I combine the model with forecasts of future crop yields to find that climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076702
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Trade, Integration, and Interregional Inequality
Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014
countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398684
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Optimal Taxation under Regional Inequality
Kessing, Sebastian; Lipatov, Vilen; Zoubek, Jens Malte - 2014
Regional productivity differences provide scope for productivity-enhancing labor mobility. Redistribution reduces relocation incentives through higher taxes or lower transfers. Combining an intensive labor supply margin with an extensive, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480829
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Foreign direct investment and regional inequality: A panel data analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2012
capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different … data set of regional inequalities covering 55 countries at different stages of development, I find net FDI inflows to … development has on the negative impact from FDI on regional inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291489