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Agricultural returns and conflict: quasi-experimental evidence from a policy intervention programme in Rwanda

Kondylis, Florence - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

In 1997 Rwanda introduced a re-settlement policy for refugees displaced during previous conflicts. We exploit geographic variation in the speed of implementation of this policy to investigate the impact of conflict-induced displacement and the re-settlement policy on household agricultural...

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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

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Conflict-induced displacement and labour market outcomes: evidence from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kondylis, Florence - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This study uses a longitudinal data source to study the effects of conflict-induced displacement on labour market outcomes for Bosnians in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. To account for endogeneity in the displacement status, I exploit the fact that the level of violence in the pre-war...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904

2000 families: identifying the research potential of an origins-of-migration study

Güveli, Ayşe; Ganzeboom, Harry; Baykara-Krumme, Helen; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Despite extensive recent advances in the empirical and theoretical study of migration, certain critical areas in the … analysis of European migration remain relatively underdeveloped both theoretically and empirically. Specifically, we lack … multiple generations and incorporating family migration trajectories. This paper outlines the development, data and design of …

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Cultural diversity, cities and innovation: firm effects or city effects?

Lee, Neil - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a firm effect, with diversity at the firm level improving knowledge sourcing or ideas generation, and a city effect, where diverse cities helping firms innovate. This paper uses a...

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Land distribution, incentives and the choice of production techniques in Nicaragua

Bandiera, Oriana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Does the distribution of land rights affect the choice of contractible techniques? I present evidence suggesting that Nicaraguan farmers are more likely to grow effort-intensive crops on owned rather than on rented plots. I consider two theoretical arguments that illustrate why property rights...

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On the origins of land use regulations: theory and evidence from US metro areas

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We model residential land use constraints as the outcome of a political economy game between owners of developed and owners of undeveloped land. Land use constraints benefit the former group (via increasing property prices) but hurt the latter (via increasing development costs). More desirable...

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Owners of developed land versus owners of undeveloped land: why land use is more constrained in the Bay Area than in Pittsburgh

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We model residential land use constraints as the outcome of a political economy game between owners of developed and owners of undeveloped land. Land use constraints are interpreted as shadow taxes that increase the land rent of already developed plots and reduce the amount of new housing...

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