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Walled Cities and Urban Density in China
Du, Rui - 2018
cities have survived. We analyze a sample of nearly 300 prefectural-level cities in China, among which about half … historically had city walls. We document that cities that had walls in late imperial China have higher population and employment …
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Neoliberalization and the Changing Roles of Stakeholders in State-Led Shantytown Redevelopment in Shenyang City, China
Li, Xin - 2016
Neoliberal politics in China have changed the roles of, and the interrelationships between, the state, the market and … stakeholders perceive and interact with each other in the state-led SRPs in Shenyang City in Northeast China. Through in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984848
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Integration of Technological and Social Components in a Smart Urban Development Model : A Case Study of China
Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022
The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement … China at the province level. Second a multidimensional index of the networking among the components is computed. The index … index is used to rank provinces in China by development of level of the networking among public infrastructure components …
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Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : Challenges and Lessons Learned
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
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The Worth of Cities in Germany
Gehr, Katja; Pflüger, Michael - 2023
This paper extends the urban growth model of Duranton and Puga (2022) to explore the impact of cities on local firms and households and the aggregate economy of Germany. We adopt alternative micro-foundations for agglomeration economies and a non-linear specification of human capital...
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Matching in Cities
Dauth, Wolfgang - 2019
In most countries, average wages tend to be higher in larger cities. In this paper, we focus on the role played by the matching of workers to firms in explaining geographical wage differences. Using rich administrative German data for 1985-2014, we show that wages in large cities are higher not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870204
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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/10013013578
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The Roles of Increasing Inequality and Divergent Urban Development in Understanding Spatial Polarization in Tel-Aviv
Modai-Snir, Tal - 2017
Many studies of urban and neighbourhood change investigate changes in the relative positions of neighbourhoods within an urban region, without looking at the underlying processes. Often, changes in socio-spatial structures reflect intensifying socio-spatial divisions caused by both increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940840
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Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods : Long Run Evidence from Tanzania
Michaels, Guy - 2017
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946590
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Human Capital Externalities and Growth of High- and Low-Skilled Jobs
Suedekum, Jens - 2006
In this paper I analyze the impact of human capital on local employment growth for the case of West Germany (1977-2002). I find robust evidence that skilled cities grow faster than unskilled ones, but this need not indicate localized human capital externalities are at work. A large initial share...
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