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Regional Policy Evaluation : Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls
Gobillon, Laurent - 2014
unemployment of an enterprise zone policy implemented in France in the 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043208
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Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Control
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - CESifo - 2014
unemployment of an enterprise zone policy implemented in France in the 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082836
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Regional Inequality and Decentralization - An Empirical Analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic development. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120656
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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157845
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Going NUTS : The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance
Becker, Sascha O. - 2009
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765692
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Application of Regionally Varying Additionality Degrees in the Practice of EU Cohesion Policy
Nam, Chang Woon - 2010
to the additionality degree, the impact of the rate of long-term unemployment is positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147267
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It's All in Marshall : The Impact of External Economies on Regional Dynamics
Audretsch, David B. - 2015
Marshall's student Pigou noted: quot;It's all in Marshall.quot; From a static point of view, this seems rather bold in a constantly changing world. However, this statement becomes more plausible in a dynamic context, where principles are subject to change. Indeed, over time, Marshall's concept...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750329
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Dutch Disease and the Mitigation Effect of Migration : Evidence from Canadian Provinces
Beine, Michel A. R.; Coulombe, Serge; Vermeulen, Wessel - 2021
This paper looks at whether immigration can mitigate the Dutch disease effects associated with booms in natural resource sectors. We first derive predicted changes in the size of the non-tradable sector from a small general-equilibrium model à la Obstfeld-Rogoff, supplemented by a resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315912
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Scarring Effects of Unemployment
Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2011
large and persistent negative relationships between unemployment and the risk of repeated unemployment and being out of … unemployment has a negative effect on later labor market attachment. This is consistent with existing findings in the literature … present in the data before changing the inference. Thus, unemployment leaves young workers with long-term scars …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117361
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Unemployment and Debt Dynamics in a Highly Indebted Small Open Economy
Heer, Burkhard - 2011
a highly indebted open economy. In contrast to the standard open economy framework, search unemployment and wage … intertemporal welfare gain, even though unemployment increases strongly in the short run. A 50% haircut of foreign debt … significantly reduces the initial response of the unemployment rate. In case of a temporary productivity shock, sticky wages imply …
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