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Community entrepreneurship in deprived neighbourhoods : comparing UK community enterprises with US community development corporations
Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015
Through a review of the recent American community development literature, this paper tests the assertion that British … community enterprises (CEs) are fundamentally similar to American community development corporations (CDCs), and therefore, that … CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …
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The local economic impact of wind power deployment
May, Nils G.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2015
Globally installed wind power capacity has grown tremendously since 2000. This study focuses on the local economic impacts of wind power deployment. A theoretical model shows that wind power deployment is not necessarily driven by locally-accruing economic payoffs, but also by other factors such...
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Decentralizing development : evidence from government splits
Dahis, Ricardo; Szerman, Christiane - 2024
Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...
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Preferences, financial literacy, and economic development
Davoli, Maddalena; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2021
Using data from 74 countries, we uncover important differences in the association between financial literacy and preferences by the level of economic development. We find that patience is only salient in wealthier countries, i.e. countries with their GDP per capita above the sample median. In...
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Migration from developing countries: selection, income elasticity, and Simpson's paradox
Clemens, Michael A.; Mendola, Mariapia - 2020
How does immigration affect incomes in the countries migrants go to, and how do rising incomes shape emigration from the countries they leave? The answers depend on whether people who migrate have higher or lower productivity than people who do not migrate. Theory on this subject has long...
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The political U : new evidence on democracy and income
Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...
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Looking back on the lessons of "higher education and developing countries: peril and promise" : perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E.; Altbach, Philip G.; Rosovsky, Henry - 2016
In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy and thinking in several developing countries. This...
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The effects of development on migration : theoretical issues and new empirical evidence
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been discussed which hint at the possibility that progress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295413
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The historical impact of coal on cities
Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R. - 2023
Historically coal has offered both benefits and costs to urban areas. Benefits include coal's role in fueling industry and thus employment. The primary costs are air pollution and its impact on human health. This paper starts by using a Rosen-Roback style model to examine how differences in...
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Brain drain in globalization : a general equilibrium analysis from the sending countries' perspective
Marchiori, Luca; Shen, I-Ling; Docquier, Frédéric - 2009
The paper assesses the global effects of brain drain on developing economies and quantifies the relative sizes of various static and dynamic impacts. By constructing a unified generic framework characterized by overlapping-generations dynamics and calibrated to real data, this study incorporates...
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