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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia
Kebede, Selamawit; Heshmati, Almas - 2023
institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes …. The study confirms that political institutions negatively impacted industry for several decades. The results support … focusing on institutions to successfully implement industry policies for inducing the industrialization process in the country …
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If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden : How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
Gustafsson, Björn - 2014
This paper investigates the development of poverty in Sweden using micro data derived from tax files for the city of Göteborg for the years 1925, 1936, 1947, 1958 as well as more recent (1983, 1994 and 2003) information. We define poverty as living in a household with a disposable income lower...
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On the Origin and Composition of the German East-West Population Gap
Eder, Christoph - 2019
The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...
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Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust
Nikolova, Milena - 2019
We show that current differences in trust levels within former Soviet Union countries can be traced back to the system of forced prison labor during Stalin's rule, which was marked by high incarceration rates, repression, and harsh punishments. We argue that those exposed to forced labor camps...
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Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities : Increasing Separation between Poor and Rich
Musterd, Sako - 2016
Socio-economic inequality is on the rise in major European cities as are the worries about that, since this development is seen as threatening social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper...
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The Long-Lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium
Eder, Christoph - 2016
As a consequence of World War II, Austria was divided into four different occupation zones for 10 years. Before tight travel restrictions came into place, about 11 percent of the population residing in the Soviet zone moved across the demarcation line. We exploit this large internal migration...
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Inequalities and Segregation Across the Long-Term Economic Cycle : An Analysis of South and North European Cities
Tammaru, Tiit - 2017
The aim of this paper is to get new insight into the complex relationship between social inequalities and socioeconomic segregation by undertaking a comparative study North and South European cities. Our main finding shows that during the last global economic cycle from the 1980s through the...
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Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....
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Structural Transformation and Spillovers from Industrial Areas
Blakeslee, David S. - 2018
Like many developing countries, India features a variety of land-use restrictions that make it difficult to establish industrial firms on agricultural lands. Such policies have received some of the blame for the slow pace of industrialization, and there is widespread agreement on the need for...
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The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : Ready for Industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
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