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Does immigration induce ‘native flight’ from public schools? : evidence from a large scale voucher program
Gerdes, Christer - 2010
Recent studies point to a positive correlation between ethnic heterogeneity due to immigration and the propensity of opting out from public schools for private alternatives. However, immigration across regions is hardly exogenous, which obstructs attempts to reveal causal mechanisms. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941755
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Efficiency properties of labor taxation in a spatial model of restricted labor mobility
Guggenberger, Patrik; Kaul, Ashok; Kolmar, Martin - 2001
We examine the efficiency properties of labor taxation. A spatial model of an economy is introduced whose key feature is a new approach to restricted labor mobility. We characterize the efficient allocation of labor and properties of a decentralized equilibrium. An efficient allocation of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401180
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Bobos in paradise : urban politics and the new economy
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2015
This paper provides some elements to explain the observed takeover in some urban areas of a new kind of elite associated with new economy jobs, also known as "bourgeois bohème" (bobos). This takeover has been associated with greater investment in urban amenities and "clean" means of transport,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348302
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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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Can regional decentralisation shift health care preferences?
Costa-Font, Joan; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2017
discourage the use of private health care, is regional health care decentralisation. We find robust estimates suggesting that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764673
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Distributional effects of intergovernmental transfers in Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Cadena, Kiyomi; Moreno … - 2020
A rigorous understanding of the developmental effect of fiscal transfers to subnational governments remains an important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local public finances to study the effects on local welfare of a...
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The impact of fiscal and political decentralization on local public investments in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sjahrir Putra, Bambang Suharnoko … - 2014
We investigate the effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the … infrastructure. We find that after the dramatic expenditure decentralization of 2001, districts with relatively lower levels of … and administrative decentralization, we find no consistent effects of the democratization process on local public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230500
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014463692
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Legislative term limits and state aid to local governments
Yakovlev, Pavel; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Lewis, William P. - 2012
legislative term limits lead to more fiscal decentralization. -- term limits ; pork-barrel spending ; rent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534888
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Public budget composition, fiscal (de)centralization and welfare
Arcalean, Calin; Glomm, Gerhard; Schiopu, Ioana; … - 2007
composition. Only when the differences are sufficiently large does full decentralization become the optimal regime. National … conjecture" that fiscal decentralization increases capital accumulation. However, in terms of welfare this result can be reversed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003451831