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A spatial analysis of inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality : evidence from China
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 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/10012211131
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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity
Achten, Sandra; Lessmann, Christian - 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/10011983689
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Kalòs kai agathòs? : government quality and cultural heritage in the regions of Europe
Bertacchini, Enrico; Revelli, Federico - 2019
capacity of regional governments to conserve heritage, using new designations in the World Heritage List as a proxy. We test … whether the location of a region matters by controlling for the stock of World Heritage in the surrounding regions, and if low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001843
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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588047
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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015
This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515477
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2015
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479924
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Regional inequality and internal conflict : conference paper
Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: January 2013
This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal conflicts. 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 regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484464
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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945827
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World heritage: where are we? : an empirical analysis
Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2010
An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered "balanced" from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003928836
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Spatial inequality and development : is there an inverted-U relationship?
Lessmann, Christian - 2011 - This version: October 2011
This paper studies the hypothesis of an inverted-U-shaped relationship between spatial inequality and economic development. The theory of Kuznets (1955) and Williamson (1965) suggests that (spatial) inequality first increases in the process of development, then peaks, and then decreases. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355133