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causal impacts of transportation infrastructure has grown in recent years, only a few papers have focused on the effects of … expansion of Line 5 of the São Paulo metro system in Brazil on land use and property features. Our results show positive impacts … associated with the new metro infrastructure and dynamic impacts after the opening of the first metro station, with effects that …
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We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward …
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This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...
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We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian districts covering the period 1993-2010. Identification of causal effects relies on a district-fixed effects approach and controlling for local economic development. The...
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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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infrastructure investments as measured by changes in the length of the autobahn net of West German NUTS 3 areas on regional …
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particular regions of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th century. We show that municipalities that received settlements …
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programs in Brazil. Receiving a house has positive impacts on housing quality and reduces household expenditures but has …
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Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population … the main gateway of the Venezuelan refugees and migrants entering Brazil, and focusing on the formal sector employment of …
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This paper examines whether effects of labor demand shocks on housing prices vary across time and space. Using data on 321 US metropolitan statistical areas, we estimate the medium- and long-run effects of increases in metropolitan statistical area-level employment and total labor income on...
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