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Suburbanization in the U.S. between 1910 and 1970 was concurrent with the rapid diffusion of the automobile. A circular city model is developed in order to access quantitatively the contribution of automobiles and rising incomes to suburbanization. The model incorporates a number of driving...
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The paper attempts to first, build aggregate demand and supply curves for the non- agricultural sector of the Indian economy. Second, use these to briefly analyze demand and supply shocks, including the structural adjustment program (SAP). Third, shed new light on the inflationary process in the...
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Most traditional explanations for the decreasing aggregate output volatility - so-called "Great Moderation" - fail to accommodate, or even directly contradict, another aspect of empirical data: the average sales volatility for publicly-traded US firms has been increasing during the same period....
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In the present paper we undertake to link democracy with a set of indicators for economic freedom and financial crises, using panel data analysis. The sample covers annually the period 2000-2012 for the EU, the USA and Japan. The results point out, that political stability is positively related...
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We document that the gender gap in non-agricultural work in developing countries exists primarily among rural married workers, not singles. Rural married women dedicate a much larger portion of time to home production compared to other groups, making them less likely to pursue non-agricultural...
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We document that the gender gap in non-agricultural work in developing countries exists primarily among rural married workers, not singles. Rural married women dedicate a much larger portion of time to home production compared to other groups, making them less likely to pursue non-agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015214572
This paper provides a dynamic model of the dual economy in which differences in productivity across sectors arise endogenously. Rather than relying on exogenous price distortions, duality arises because of differences between sectors in the separability of their fertility and labor decisions....
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework on the relationship between corruption and development. The paper demonstrates how the impact of corruption on economic development (ED) might vary substantially from sustainable development (SD). A combination of literature-based...
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This paper presents a model which takes into account two main factors that have been partially neglected by the economic development literature: the environmental externalities of human activities and agents' heterogeneity in terms of asset endowment and, consequently, in terms of income source...
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Outbreaks of infectious diseases in developing countries deplete the primary asset of the poor – their labour – through premature deaths and increased morbidity. This study examines how peasant households may respond to the global and local effects of pandemics in economies with...
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