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Gender Convergence in Crime: Evidence From Canadian Adult Offence Charge Data
Chen, Jyh-Yaw Joseph; Giles, David E.A. - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2003
This paper contributes new evidence relating to the hypothesis that there has been convergence between certain male and … conduct several formal econometric tests of the convergence hypothesis. This study allows for the non-stationarity of the data … problem. Our results provide the first strong evidence of gender-convergence for a range of offences in Canada. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005750316
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Breaks and Convergence in U.S. Regional Crime Rates: Analysis of Their Presence and Implications
Cook, Steve; Watson, Duncan - In: Social Sciences 2 (2013) 3, pp. 180-190
, convergence in alternative classifications of crime is detected over the period 1965 to 2009. Subsequent statistical analysis … concerning convergence within these epochs prove interesting, with results found to vary both between the alternative crime …The literature examining the relative properties of U.S. regional crime rates is extended. Using a novel method …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010687017
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Crime and growth convergence: Evidence from Mexico
Enamorado, Ted; López-Calva, Luis F.; … - In: Economics Letters 125 (2014) 1, pp. 9-13
Scholars have often argued that crime hinders growth, but the empirical literature assessing such an effect is scarce …. By exploiting cross-municipal income and crime data for Mexico, in this study we find evidence indicating that drug …-related crime indeed deters growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011041653
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Spatial distribution of R&D expenditure and patent applications across EU regions and its impact on economic cohesion
Martín, Carmela; MULAS-GRANADOS, CARLOS; Sanz, Ismael - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2005) 6, pp. 41-61
This article explores the spatial distribution of regional technology indicators in the EU over the last decade and its impact on cohesion. Thus, we find that public R&D spending and patent applications have converged among regions during the nineties. On the other hand, private R&D activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992117
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Examples of New Macroeconomic Modelling and Simulation Techniques: How They Could Improve Decisions and Public Perception
Albu, Lucian Liviu; Gorun, Adrian - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2010) 5, pp. 7-16
Macroeconomic forecasting started around the Second World War as a way to test economic theories, but it also has a number of very concrete uses, playing an increasing role as an input in decision-making. The first macroeconomic models were produced by two famous economists, Tinbergen in 1939...
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Employment Concentration across US Counties
Fafchamps, Marcel; Desmet, Klaus - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2003
becoming more or less concentrated. The existing literature has found deconcentration (convergence) of employment across urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090665
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A MODEL TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL CRISIS ON THE CONVERGENCE PROCESS IN EU
ALBU, LUCIAN-LIVIU - In: New Trends in Modelling and Economic Forecast (MEF 2011) 1 (2012) 1, pp. 11-27
There are evidences that the actual global crisis affected the convergence process in EU. Generally, just new adhered … opinions regarding how deep and how long the convergence process will be affected. Synthetically, the pessimistic authors are … considering the convergence in the level of income per capita as a result of structural changes in economy. In a first part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791359
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Foreign Trade and FDI as Main Factors of Growth in the EU
Albu, Lucian Liviu - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2013) 2, pp. 7-17
In the last decade, a number of empirical studies tried to highlight a strong correlation among foreign trade, foreign direct investment and economic growth. Moreover, the recent crisis affecting firstly the GDP growth had also a negative impact on foreign trade and on FDI inflow. Today, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678156
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Structural Changes and Convergence in EU and in Adriatic-Balkans Region
ALBU, Lucian-Liviu - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 32 (2011) 1(41), pp. 78-96
Coming from standard economic growth theory and empirical evidences, we concentrated on the convergence process as a … estimate a typology of the convergence process in the European area. Taking into account the existing differences among sectors … improve the strategies oriented to achieve a real convergence in EU and further in the Adriatic-Balkans Region. In this way …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151161
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Structural changes and convergence in EU and in Adriatic-Balkans Region
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Coming from standard economic growth theory and empirical evidences, we concentrated on the convergence process as a … estimate a typology of the convergence process in the European area. Taking into account the existing differences among sectors … the strategies oriented to achieve a real convergence in EU and further in Adriatic-Balkans region. In this way, we can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132737