Over the past few years, the tourist industry has come to be recognised as a way of providing strategic support for sustainable local business development. In this article we attempt to define an appropriate innovation concept in relation to tourism on the basis of an attractor principle. We...

This paper seeks to establish the factors related to the Human Development Index, incorporating the spatial dimension in the analysis of its determinants. The variables were classified into four groups: geographic, socio-economic, demographic and infrastructure and services. The results show...

In this study a systems approach is used to evaluate community responses and perceptions to natural hazards following Hurricane Lenny, which impacted the entire Eastern Caribbean between 17th and 20th November, 1999. Drawing on disaster evidence from various researchers a conceptual framework is...

La cada vez mayor presencia de un Sector Informal en el ámbito laboral urbano ha generado, al menos, tres lecturas del fenómeno: La que considera que es el resultado del funcionamiento del sistema capitalista, la que lo asocia a una estructura económica que transitaría con base en una...

The basic assumption of this paper is that labor markets are structured by various characteristics. Not all groups of the population do have equal access to the labor market. Additionally, citizenship and national origin ("ethnicity") influence the employees' positioning within the labor market....

We estimate wage differentials across different sectors of the Mexican economy. The results suggest that the wage differential between the formal and informal sectors is significant and larger than the differential between industry and services. The findings suggest that significant differences...

Commuting is, therefore, an important equilibrating vehicle in a city network constellation. Cities act as attractors of commuters, as most economic activity occurs in cities, thus providing a high share of attractive workplaces. Cities that are centrally connected in a network may act as both...

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers' risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

Jahrzehntelang haben sich die großen Städte und Ballungsräume wirtschaftlich ungünstiger entwickelt als die übrigen Regionen Deutschlands. Gegen Mitte der 90er Jahre ist hier aber ein Trendwechsel eingetreten. Von 1998 bis 2002 expandierte die Beschäftigung in den Großstädten deutlich...

In an empirical analysis, considering 236 U.S. cities in the period 1980-1990, we document a strong positive correlation between local supply of skills and their return. In SMSA's where the average education of workers is high the education premium is also high. This is true both considering the...