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This research explores the long-run effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional wisdom that views industrial development as a catalyst for economic growth, the study establishes that while the adoption of industrial technology was conducive to economic...
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The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...
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This research explores the effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to conventional wisdom that views industrial development as a catalyst for economic growth, the study establishes that while the adoption of industrial technology was conducive to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886975
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
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Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … neighbourhoods but is unable to do so will contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of segregation, especially in the … context of the debate on voluntary segregation versus segregation due to a lack of choice. We find that ethnic minority groups …
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We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
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presentation of the vicious circle of the segregation model and suggest some ways in which this vicious circle of spatial … inequality and segregation can be broken. …
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formal sector a decade later, are subject to more severe ethnic segregation on the job and display less linguistic …
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This paper investigates whether centralized admissions systems can alter school segregation. We take advantage of the … of residential segregation and local school supply. For instance, districts with prominent provision of private education … experience an uptick in school segregation due to SAS. Migration of high-SES students to private schools emerges as a key driver. …
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(student) segregation as that emerging when families with identical ordinal preferences submit different rankings of schools in … is sufficient vertical differentiation of schools, any equilibrium presents cardinal segregation. Transportation costs … facilitate the emergence of cardinal segregation as does competition from private schools. Furthermore, the latter renders the …
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