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Public policies enabling the social and solidarity economy in the city of Montreal
Mendell, Marguerite; Neamtan, Nancy; Yi, Hyuna - 2020
The paper describes the development of the social economy in Montreal between 2013 and 2019. In the Canadian political … significant relationships between the social economy and the Montreal municipal government, particularly on a sectoral basis …-2019 was characterized by an ongoing process of policy co-construction in Montreal, spearheaded by a diversity of actors. The …
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Les politiques publiques en faveur de l'économie sociale et solidaire dans la Ville de Montréal
Mendell, Marguerite; Neamtan, Nancy; Yi, Hyuna - 2020
An enabling environment for the social and solidarity economy (SSE) largely depends on policy co-construction with stakeholders, and their commitment to implement policy across all levels of government, especially at the local level. The city of Durban is emerging as an exemplar for creating an...
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Determinants of residential space heating expenditures in Great Britain
Meier, Helena; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2008
In Great Britain several policy measures have been implemented in order to increase energy efficiency and to reduce carbon emissions. In the domestic sector, these targets can be achieved by improving space heating efficiency and, hence, decrease heating expenditures. However, before...
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Housing, Health and Happiness
Cattaneo, Matias; Galiani, Sebastian; Gertler, Paul; … - 2008
Despite the importance of housing for people’s well-being, there is little evidence on the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on health and welfare. In this paper, we help to fill this gap by investigating the impact of a large-scale effort by the Mexican Government to...
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The Dynamics of Housing Demand in the Philippines: Income and Lifecycle Effects
Ballesteros, Marife M. - 2001
This paper examines the housing consumption pattern of households in the Philippines given their socioeconomic characteristics and the existing conditions in the land and housing market. Two basic issues are examined: one, how is housing adjustment and expenditure associated with income and...
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Rethinking Institutional Reforms in the Philippine Housing Sector
Ballesteros, Marife M. - 2002
Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies shows that while many problems in housing are linked to institutional barriers in the land and financial markets, government reforms focused on...
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The effect of school construction on test scores, school enrollment, and home prices
Neilson, Christopher; Zimmerman, Seth - 2011
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a comprehensive school construction project in a poor urban district, we find that, by six years...
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What drives housing prices?
Kahn, James A. - 2008
This paper develops a growth model with land, housing services, and other goods that is capable of explaining a substantial portion of the movements in housing prices over the past forty years. Under certainty, the model exhibits a balanced aggregate growth, but with underlying sectoral change....
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Saving lives at birth: The impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - 2012
Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in...
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Wohneigentum privater Haushalte: EU-Schlusslicht Deutschland
Hinrichs, Wilhelm - In: Berliner Debatte Initial 21 (2010) 1, pp. 114-127
Obwohl Vermieter, Stadtplaner und Stadtkämmerer die Erfüllung des Traums vom Eigenheim in der grünen Vorstadt als verfehlte Siedlungspolitik betrachten,und schon ein Ende dieses Wohnmodells voraussagen, hat es in der Bevölkerung nicht an Anziehungskraft verloren.Warnungen vor negativen...
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