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Geographic proximity, trade and international conflict/cooperation

Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon W.; Chang, Yuan-Ching - 2006

This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect … of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces …

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Gains from Variety: Refugee-Host Interactions in Uganda

Mariani, Rama Dasi; Rosati, Furio C.; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2023

Refugees are mainly hosted in low-income countries, where they often remain for a long time. Therefore, it is important to assess how they integrate with the local economy and to what extent their presence can contribute to the transition to a more dynamic economic environment. Proximity between...

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Education, Governance, Trade and Distance: Impact on Technology Diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America Productivity Gap

Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017

This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin …–2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and trade's R&D content, and falls with distance to the … America's TFP loss relative to Mexico due to its greater distance to 'US–Canada' (Europe and Japan) is 9.30 (0.02) percent. …

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Education, Governance, and Trade- and Distance-Related Technology Diffusion: Accounting for the Latin America-East Asia TFP Gap, and the TFP Impact of South America's Greater Dista...

Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2017

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …-related international technology diffusion. Our model's explanatory power is 38% (62%) greater than that of the main trade-related (distance …

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Why are educated and risk-loving persons more mobile across regions?

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2012

distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …

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How distance to a non-residential parent relates to child outcomes

Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2012

the distance between non-residential parents and their children to proxy for contact, and measuring educational … outcomes are better for children who live farther away from their non-residential parent, but that distance is not related to …

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How Distance to a Non-Residential Parent Relates to Child Outcomes

Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz; Stratton, Leslie S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation

Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon; Chang, Yuan-Ching - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822632

Why Are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions?

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764606

A Simulation of an Income Contingent Tuition Scheme in a Transition Economy

Vodopivec, Milan - 2004

The paper takes advantage of exceptionally rich longitudinal data on the universe of labor force participants in Slovenia and simulates the working of an income contingent loan scheme to partly recover tuition costs. The simulations show that under the base variant (where the target cost...

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