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Diagnostic Tools for Nonlinearity in Spatial Models
de Graaff, Thomas; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 1998
There is an increasing awareness of the potential of nonlinear modeling in regional science, which can partly be explained by the recognition of the limitations of conventional equilibrium models in complex situationsand partly by the easy availability and accessibility of sophisticated...
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Search and the City
Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, P.A. - 2002
We develop a model of an economy with several regions, which differ in scale. Within each region, workers have to search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is...
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Geographical Distribution of Unemployment: An Analysis of Provincial Differences in Italy
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Cuffaro, Miranda; Nijkamp, Peter - 2007
Unemployment rates appear to vary widely at a subregional (e.g., local or provincial) level. Using spatial econometric models for spatial autocorrelation, this paper focuses attention on the spatial structure of regional unemployment disparities of Italian provinces. On the basis of findings...
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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?
Vermeulen, Wouter; van Ommeren, Jos - 2007
simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is …
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The Educational Bias in Commuting Patterns: Micro-Evidence for the Netherlands
Groot, Stefan P.T.; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Veneri, Paolo - 2012
This study analyses the relation between education and commuting behaviour of Dutch workers. Results show that, ceteris paribus, higher educated workers commute further, both in terms of distance and time. In addition, higher educated workers are more frequent users of public transport and of...
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Import competition and domestic transport costs
Caragliu, Andrea; Gerritse, Michiel - 2022
With China's 2001 WTO accession, trade costs between the US and China fell sharply, but the transport costs of Chinese imports within the US remained sizable. We argue that domestic transport costs shield local labor markets from globalization. Using a shift-share design for industry-level...
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Does Access to Foreign Markets shape Internal Migration? Evidence from Brazil
Hering, Laura; Paillacar, Rodrigo - 2014
This paper investigates how internal migration is a affected by Brazil's increased integration into the world economy …. We analyze the impact of regional differences in access to foreign demand on sector-specific bilateral migration rates … indicator at the sectoral level, which is exogenous to domestic migration. A higher foreign market access is associated with a …
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Does Land Use Planning Shape Regional Economies? A Simultaneous Analysis of Housing Supply, Internal Migration and Local Employment Growth in the Netherlands
Vermeulen, Wouter - 2013
simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711254
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Interaction of Regional Population and Employment
Vermeulen, Wouter; van Ommeren, Jos - 2004
improved by decomposing population growth into netinterregional migration and exogenous natural popu1ation developments. We … find thatemployment growth responds quite strongly to deviations from regional labour marketequilibria. Net migration is …
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The Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Regional Competitiveness
Thissen, Mark; van Oort, Frank G.; McCann, Philip; … - 2019
Any form of Brexit will impact heterogeneously in terms of sectors and regions on the competitiveness of firms in both the UK and Europe. The ongoing uncertainty about the conditions under which the UK will be leaving the EU, creates difficulties in structurally estimating these impacts. Using...
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