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The spatial convergence of knowledge in Portugal
Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Caleiro, António - 2015
Human resources are an essential element in territorial development. When the same are characterized by a high level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481776
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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015
.e., the determinants of the convergence process. We find evidence for an N-shaped relationship between development and … regional inequality. Geography, mobility and trade openness are also highly important. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515477
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Regional inequality in India in the 1990s : a district-level view
Singh, Nirvikar; Kendall, Jake; Jain, Rajendra Kumar; … - 2013
in terms of initial conditions of development. By identifying these connections, the study seeks to illuminate the role … of aspects of physical infrastructure, financial development and human capital in influencing regional patterns of growth … than the average, even after conditioning on development measures, suggesting other causes of backwardness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227915
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Regional convergence and R&D investment : applied investigation in Portugal : ERSA 55th Congress : World renaissance: changing roles for people and places : Lisbon, Portugal 25-28...
Guerreiro, Gertrudes Saudés; Guerreiro, António - 2015
to answer questions like if geography influences the pattern of R&D investments and inequality, and if these ones reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481737
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The effects of trade openness on regional inequality in South Korea
Heo, Soojeong; Oh, Jinhwan - 2015
This paper is to analyze the effect of trade openness on regional inequality of South Korea. Trade has been the driving force of Korea's economic growth since the 1960's and it still expands its trade openness through active participation on bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478202
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Regional inequality in India in the 1990s : a further look
Singh, Nirvikar; Kendall, Jake; Jain, Rajendra Kumar; … - 2013
This paper examines changes in regional inequality in India in the 1990s, using data for 59 of India's 78 agro-climatic regions from the National Sample Survey. It extends the work of Singh et al. (2003) in two ways. First, it allows for differences in baseline growth performance across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212630
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Accumulation of education and regional income growth : limited human capital effects in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2011 - Date: February 1, 2011
income growth. New economic geography predicts income divergence across regions. We investigate the dynamic process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548140
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Does technological growth-induced migration lead to income convergence? The case of India’s early 2000s telecom boom
Dutta, Arnab; Randolph, Gregory - 2022
This paper demonstrates that India’s early 2000s mobile phone service expansion, or the “telecom boom” led to net rural-urban migration of about 13 million individuals out of which 4 million moved for employment. To estimate the effects, we exploit the heterogeneous expansion of telecom...
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Regional inequality and convergence in Europe, 1995 - 2005
Melchior, Arne (contributor) - 2008
The paper presents new results on within-country regional inequality in per capita income for 36 countries during 1995-2005; focusing on Europe but with some non-European countries included for comparison. In 23 of the 36 countries there was a significant increase in regional inequality during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790533
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European integration and domestic regions: a numerical simulation analysis
Melchior, Arne (contributor) - 2009
Does European economic integration create more inequality between domestic regions, or is the opposite true? We show that a general answer to this question does not exist, and that the outcome depends on the liberalisation scenario. In order to examine the impact of European and international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003812175