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Spatial Patterns of Development : A Meso Approach
Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2017
Over the last two decades, the literature on comparative development has moved from country-level to within-country analyses. The questions asked have expanded, as economists have used satellite images of light density at night and other big spatial data to proxy for development at the desired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453625
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Spatial Patterns of Development : A Meso Approach
Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2017
Over the last two decades, the literature on comparative development has moved from country-level to within-country analyses. The questions asked have expanded, as economists have used satellite images of light density at night and other big spatial data to proxy for development at the desired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941961
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Spatial Patterns of Development : A Meso Approach
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - 2018
Over the past two decades, the literature on comparative development has moved from country-level to within-country analyses. The questions asked have expanded in scope as economists have used satellite images of light density at night and other big spatial data to proxy for development at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014111646
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Trade and Geography in the Origins and Spread of Islam
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2012
the observed pattern and provide a simple theoretical argument that highlights the interplay between an unequal geography … societies producing a conflictual environment that had the potential to disrupt trade flows. Any credible movement attempting to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196585
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto; Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2012
This study explores the consequences and origins of contemporary differences in well-being across ethnic groups within countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with satellite images of light density at night....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196606
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto; Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2013
This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity economic inequality both across and within countries. First, combining satellite images of nighttime luminosity with the historical homelands of ethnolinguistic groups we construct measures of ethnic inequality for a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758443
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F; Michalopoulos, Stelios; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This study explores the consequences and origins of contemporary differences in well-being across ethnic groups within countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with satellite images of light density at night....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084675
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The Origins of Technolinguistic Diversity
Michalopoulos, Stelios - School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study - 2011
This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries and pairs of contiguous regions establishes that geographic variability, captured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644117
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Trade and Geography in the Economic Origins and Spread of Islam: Theory and Evidence
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study - 2009
type of geography (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii … differential gains from trade across regions, fostering predatory behavior from the poorly endowed ones. In such an environment it … attractive. As a result, capital accumulation remained low and wealth inequality bounded. Geography and trade shaped the set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644119
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Trade and geography in the economic origins of Islam: theory and evidence
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2010
systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography … across regions, fostering predatory behavior from the poorly endowed ones. In such an environment it was mutually beneficial …, capital accumulation remained low and wealth inequality bounded. Geography and trade shaped the set of economically relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272455