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Russian Cities in Transition : The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 2004
examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium and large cities for the period 1960 through 2002. We conclude that … while the declining net migration rate was reversed during the first half of the 1990s, restrictions continued to matter … during the early years of transition in the sense that net migration rates were lower in the restricted than in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263228
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Was Dick Whittington Taller Than Those He Left Behind? Anthropometric Measures, Migration and the Quality of Life in Early Nineteenth Century London
Humphries, Jane; Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
explanatory variable in the analysis of migration. Although correlated with other variables that are routinely used in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870559
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Where Should the Elderly Live and Who Should Pay for their Care? A Study in Demographics and Geographical Economics
Aronsson, Thomas; Blomquist, Sören; Micheletto, Luca - 2007
There is a rich literature analyzing the problems that will arise as the share of elderly and retired in the population increases in the near future. However, the locational decisions among the elderly as well as their implications in terms of taxes/transfers and of allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321598
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The labor market consequences of internal migration in Turkey
Berker, Ali - 2010
migration that might have been sparked by such significant economic and social changes. Overall, the results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273686
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The role of landscape amenities in regional development: A survey of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies
Waltert, Fabian; Schläpfer, Felix - 2007
functions. Using this definition we identify thirty-nine relevant studies that use either migration or regional economic models … or hedonic pricing techniques. One result from the analysis of migration and regional economic studies is that intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315587
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Urbanization in China and how urban housing demand can be met
Gottschalch, Sören - 2013
population. This paper contributes to the discussion with illuminating the main drivers of urbanization: (i) migration and (ii …As it has rightfully been recognized by China's central government, successful urbanization will be decisive for the … nation's future development. Key challenges will be to realize urbanization economies, improve production and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322814
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Mobility Where Mobility is Illegal: Migration and City Growth in the Soviet Union
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1998
his paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many … cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334273
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The Political Economy of Russian City Growth
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1999
This paper examines the political economy of Russian city growth. For the 1980s, we model the growth of 168 Russian cities located in 71 Russian provinces (oblast level). We examine the role of both general socio-economic characteristics and specific state controls. Our goal is to understand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334322
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Meet the need for inclusive urbanization in China: Migrants' urban housing demand along their socio-economic transition
Gottschalch, Sören - 2015
China's central government has rightfully recognized that successful urbanization will be decisive for the nation … in China, the paper calls for a housing strategy that accommodates the surging waves of rural to urban migration, one of … the main drivers of urbanization, and that provides migrants with greater urban socio-economic opportunities, improves …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491263
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation. Both women acquiring greater access to education and men increasing their migration abroad contribute to reducing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396830