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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 find divergence, which is, however, attenuated over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127808
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Regional income inequality in selected large countries
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002422179
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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 …. Our results suggest that local government decentralization matters differently for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan … counties. -- Fiscal decentralization ; metropolitan ; nonmetropolitan ; population ; employment ; income ; spatial econometrics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919883
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Racial heterogeneity in the U.S. structural transformation and regional convergence
Kim, Minki; Lee, Munseob - 2023
Structural transformation and regional convergence in U.S. income have been long-standing trends. Caselli and Coleman (2001) discovered that 60% of regional convergence between the U.S. South and North from 1940 to 1990 is due to structural transformation. Our replication confirms these robust...
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The regional distribution of public employment : theory and evidence
Kessing, Sebastian; Strozzi, Chiara - 2012
We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution policy showing that regionally differentiated public employment can serve as an expenditure side tagging device, bypassing or relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534940
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Continental and sub-continental income inequality
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Regional disparities and inequality of opportunity : the case of Italy
Checchi, Daniele (contributor);  … - 2005
In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an "ethically offensive" and an "ethically acceptable" part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003222503
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Geographies of socio-economic inequality
Ham, Maarten van; Manley, David; Tammaru, Tiit - 2022
Over many decades, academics, policymakers and governments have been concerned with both the presence of inequalities and the impacts these can have on people when concentrated spatially in urban areas. This concern is especially related to the influence of spatial inequalities on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170243
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Explaining regional disparities in housing prices across German districts
Brausewetter, Lars; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Trunzer, Johannes - 2022
Over the last decade, German housing prices have increased unprecedentedly. Drawing on quality-adjusted housing price data at the district level, we document large and increasing regional disparities: growth rates were higher in 1) the largest seven cities, 2) districts located in the south, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172850
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Within-country poverty convergence: evidence from Mexico
López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2020
Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico and spanning 22 years, first, to test hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262928