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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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A Primer on Weather and Climate Intervention for Economists
Knowles, Scott - 2019
There is limited public discourse and understanding about the history and science of weather and climate intervention …, climate-related geoengineering is steadily gaining support as a means of combatting rising global temperatures. With climate … climate intervention with the aim of answering the question: Why aren’t more economists interested in evaluating weather and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872068
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The Economic Impact of Weather and Climate
Tol, Richard S.J - 2021
I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth …: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I … test it on a sample of 160 countries over the period 1950-2014. Temperature and rainfall determine production possibilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239329
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Your Place in the World - Relative Income and Global Inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
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Effects of Precipitation on Food Consumer Price Inflation
Moessner, Richhild - 2022
Phillips curves across countries for 34 OECD member and candidate economies from 1985 to 2010 augmented with climate variables … temperature. We find that precipitation has significant nonlinear effects on food CPI inflation. The coefficient of food CPI … find that temperature has no additional explanatory power for food CPI inflation over and above that of precipitation. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427747
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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures
Carson, Scott Alan - 2008
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional arrangements were related to black stature....
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Geography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states
Carson, Scott Alan - 2008
The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271950
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A Spatial Analysis of Inward FDI and Rural-Urban Wage Inequality : Evidence from China
Wang, Hao - 2020
When investigating the relationship between inward FDI and rural-urban inequality, previous studies overlook the inter-regional interactions. Building on the literature that highlights the significant role of rural-urban migration in inequality, this article investigates spatial spillover effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834877
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Working from Home, Wages, and Regional Inequality in the Light of COVID-19
Irlacher, Michael - 2020
We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836201
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Inequality, Low-Intensity Immigration and Human Capital Formation in the Regions of Chile, 1820-1939
Baten, Jörg - 2020
This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents received the necessary education to make full...
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