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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations
Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...
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Banks in Space
Oberfield, Ezra; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Trachter, Nicholas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the spatial expansion of banks in response to banking deregulation in the 1980s and 90s. During this period, large banks expanded rapidly, mostly by adding new branches in new locations, while many small banks exited. We document that large banks sorted into the densest markets, but...
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Market Size and Trade in Medical Services
Dingel, Jonathan I.; Gottlieb, Joshua D.; Lozinski, Maya; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We measure the importance of increasing returns to scale and trade in medical services. Using Medicare claims data, we document that "imported" medical care -- services produced by a medical provider in a different region -- constitute about one-fifth of US healthcare consumption. Larger regions...
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Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States
Dray, Sacha; Landais, Camille; Stantcheva, Stefanie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the history and geography of wealth accumulation in the US, using newly collected historical property tax records since the early 1800s. The US General Property Tax was a comprehensive tax on all types of property (real, personal, and financial), making it one of the first "wealth...
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The Geography of Job Tasks
Atalay, Enghin; Sotelo, Sebastian; Tannenbaum, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We introduce new measurement tools to understand the sources of earnings differences across space. Based on the natural language employers use in job vacancy text, we develop granular measures of job tasks and of worker specialization. We find that jobs in larger commuting zones involve greater...
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Fleshing Out the Olive? On Income Polarization in China
Ravallion, Martin; Chen, Shaohua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In a rare example of an explicit national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty, China's leadership has … the potential trade-offs, the paper asks whether China's experience indicates that income-polarization was a by-product of … polarizing in China …
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Spatial Misallocation : Evaluating Place-Based Policies Using a Natural Experiment in China
Chen, Binkai - 2019
development zones on firm level TFP in China. The difference-in-difference estimator shows that on average, loss of development … three major seaports in China, closure of zones reduced firm-level TFP by 9.62%, whereas closure of zones farther away did … locational heterogeneity. We conclude that China's strategy of using development zones as a place-based policy to encourage …
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Spatial Misallocation in Chinese Housing and Land Markets
Deng, Yongheng - 2020
Housing and land prices in China have experienced dramatic hikes over the past decade or two. Moreover, housing and …
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The Regional Distribution of Skill Premia in Urban China
Whalley, John - 2010
We document and discuss the implications of a sharp increase in the regional dispersion of skill premia in China in … of China's integration into the global economy plays a significant and regionally concentrated role in the second period …
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Geography, Economic Policy, and Regional Development in China
Demurger, Sylvie - 2002
Many studies of regional disparity in China have focused on the preferential policies received by the coastal provinces …
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