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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth : Evidence from U.S. Counties
Hammond, George W. - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153508
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Incubators, Accelerators and Regional Economic Development
Madaleno, Margarida - 2018
A growing wave of co-location programmes promises to boost growth for entrepreneurs and young firms. Despite great public and policy interest we have little idea whether such programmes are effective. This paper categorises accelerators and incubators within a larger family of co-location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909866
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 Italian NUTS3 regions, including new measures of institutional performance calculated using data on the provision of different areas of public services. In order to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029621
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Inequality and Growth in Rural China : Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - 2021
We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household...
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The Economic Growth Impact of Hurricanes : Evidence from US Coastal Counties
Strobl, Eric - 2021
We estimate the impact of hurricane strikes on local economic growth rates and how this is reflected in more aggregate growth patterns. To this end we assemble a panel data set of US coastal counties' growth rates and construct a hurricane destruction index that is based on a monetary loss...
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2021
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth patterns can be understood as a function of several interrelated factors, which include investment in physical capital, human capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion...
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Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances on Output Growth : Evidence from Turkey
Tansel, Aysit - 2010
on key macro variables such as consumption, investment, imports and income in Turkey. The estimated impact and dynamic …
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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit - 2012
level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106643
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Child Growth and Refugee Status : Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey
Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew D.; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022
This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view … particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS). The TDHS is one of few data sets providing representative data on … mortality between refugee children born in Turkey and native children. However, refugee infants born in Turkey have lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264870
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Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital : The Role of Overeducation
Ramos, Raul - 2009
The paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using various indicators of human capital calculated from census microdata, we conclude that the recent economic performance of European regions is associated with an increase in overeducation....
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