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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 and instruments are calculated based on grid-level data for existing …
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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 … those misperceptions does not affect their support for policies related to global inequality …
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that prevailed in Argentina from 1988 to 2003, we jointly estimate the effects that changes in these public revenues had on …
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Based on the fiscal regime that prevailed in Argentina from 1988 to 2003, we estimate the effects that changes in …
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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 of inward FDI on the rural-urban wage inequality by utilizing the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM …
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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...
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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 …
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In assessing the desirability for tax decentralization reforms, a dilemma between efficiency and redistribution emerges. By limiting the ability of the central government to redistribute resources towards regions in financial needs, decentralization curbs incentives for excessive subnational...
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Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size, combined with finite plant counts. As a result, economies...
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This paper develops a recursive model of voter turnout and voting outcomes at U.S. county level to investigate the socioeconomic determinants of recent U.S. presidential elections. It is shown that the relationship between many socioeconomic variables and voting outcomes is not uniform across...
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