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regions to 180 countries for the years 2002 through to 2010. Regional transportation and communication infrastructure capacity … of regional economies to exit nodes such as ports and airports, are important determinants of export performance. Based …
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Micro-level studies using individual and household data have shown that residential location choices are influenced by neighbourhood ethnic composition. Using three conurbation samples in the Netherlands - Amsterdam metropolitan area, Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area, and the countrys...
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We exploit the forced closure of three segregated primary schools in Amsterdam to establish the determinants of school choice of ethnic minority pupils. The schools were closed due to mismanagement and poor assessment from the Education Inspectorate. Most of the affected students were of...
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A large survey conducted in a large number of rural household in 2001 from more than twenty communities all across … major trend in rural local development. Classification JEL : J52, O15, O17.<np pagenum="674"/> …
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We estimate the impact of spatial mobility on job match quality by using a data set of recent Dutch university and college graduates We find positive wage returns related to spatial mobility. However, after controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no...
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We estimate the impact of spatial mobility on job match quality by using a data set of recent Dutch university and college graduates We find positive wage returns related to spatial mobility. However, after controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no...
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Factors related to local and regional economic growth are attractiveness to retirees, right-to-work laws, excellent … associated with improved county earnings in 1979-89, according to a multiple regression analysis of rural counties. Factors …
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developments. Evidence regarding regional land-use intensities, path-dependence of rural development, and accumulating social costs … land-intensive than recent rural development patterns. Residential first-movers into such virgin areas may spark waves of … of rural sprawl are then presented to highlight the relevance of this paper's theoretical perspective in the Rocky …
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Blending regional studies with growth econometrics, we apply the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) methodology to … and non-metro rural areas adjacent to metro areas grow much faster than purely rural areas. Third, we find strong links …
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competition, lagging regions of the U.S., and especially in the rural South, will need new ideas from regional science on how to …Regional science has a variety of characteristics that distinguish it from its sister social sciences: it works the …
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