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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010

Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013

This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …

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Regional convergence in Russia : estimating a neoclassical growth model

Lehmann, Hartmut; Oščepkov, Aleksej Ju.; Silvagni, … - 2020

In this paper, we study convergence in per capita gross regional products across Russian regions in the period from … model to analyze the regional convergence process in the Russian case. We also take into account possible spatial effects … and do a series of other robustness checks. Our main estimates establish a convergence rate of around 2% per year. While …

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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth : evidence from U.S. counties

Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...

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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

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Globalization and local profiles of economic growth and industrial change

Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2014

We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978-2008. The aggregate German economy is characterized by a secular decline of manufacturing and a rise of modern service industries. This trend - also known as Petty's law - is not...

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Local employment growth in West Germany : a dynamic panel approach

Blien, Uwe (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel techniques, we analyse the timing of the impact of diversity and specialisation, as well as of the human capital structure of local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on...

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Human capital and the economic convergence mechanism : evidence from China

Zhang, Xiaboei; Li, Haizheng; Wang, Xiaojun; Fleisher, … - 2019

We examine the mechanism by which human capital affects economic growth and convergence, using provincial level panel … estimate parametrically, nonparametrically, and with a threshold model. Our results show that economic convergence is …

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Using spatial econometric techniques to analyze the joint employment decisions of spouses

Kalenkoski, Charlene; Lacombe, Donald J. - 2014

Studies of the joint time-use decisions of spouses have relied on joint estimation of time-use equations, sometimes assuming correlated errors across spouses' equations and sometimes directly examining the effects of one spouse's time use on another's, relying on panel data or instrumental...

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Welfare benefits of agglomeration and worker heterogeneity

Teulings, Coen N.; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Groot, Henri L. … - 2014

The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model for the valuation of these...

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Capital fundamentalism and structural transformation

Tohari, Achmad; Parsons, Christopher R.; Rammohan, Anu - 2021

We revisit the role of Capital Fundamentalism, in the context of the Government of Indonesia's Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT or Left Behind Village) Program, which injected capital into poor village economies. We evaluate the impact of the program on village welfare and structural transformation...

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