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Russian Cities in Transition : The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Stuart, Robert C.; Gang, Ira N. - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261899
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Russian Cities in Transition : The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263228
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Brown growth, green growth, and the efficiency of urbanization
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2012
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time ('green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291550
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Vertrauen und Sozialkapital an einer wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität der Bundeswehr München und in Deutschland: Eine empirische Studie
Sell, Friedrich L.; Reidelhuber, Martin - 2007
Grundlagen der (auch) in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften verwendeten Begriffe "Vertrauen" and "Sozialkapital" erarbeitet, um …" und "Sozialkapital". Zweitens hat sich ergeben, dass beide Untersuchungsgruppen systematisch (mehr oder weniger abstrakten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296882
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The regulation of migration in a transition economy: China's Hukou system
Bao, Shuming; Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, … - 2009
Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools, health care, and attractive employment opportunities are available only to those who have local registration (Hukou). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271276
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Can cities or towns drive African development? Economy-wide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda
Dorosh, Paul; Thurlow, James - 2012
Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319945
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479023
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When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498058
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Building Up Social Capital in a Changing World: A Network Approach
Vega-Redondo, Fernando - 2003
This paper models the dynamic process through which a large society may succeed in building up its "social capital" by establishing a stable and dense pattern of interaction among its members. In the model, agents interact according to a collection of infinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemmas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325082
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Confidence and the Erosion of Confidence: Economic Functions and Effects
Sell, Friedrich L. - 2004
Trust or likewise "confidence" (the term preferred in this paper) are notions which have received considerable … mean by "confidence", what the differences between optimism and confidence are and how the onset of confidence can possibly … be explained. Also, we analyze the economic effects of a lack of or the erosion of confidence. The paper intends to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296874