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Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Masters, … - 2014
This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...
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Growth and recovery in a time of default : lessons from the role of the urban sector in Argentina
Cohen, Michael - 2011
International narratives on Argentina's recovery from the crisis of 2001-02 tend to emphasize the role of rising commodity prices and growing demand from China. Argentina is said to have been 'lucky', saved by global demand for its agricultural exports. The international narrative has also been...
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Economic geography and African development
Venables, Anthony - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 89 (2010) 3, pp. 469-483
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Demand volatility and the lag between the growth of temporary and permanent employment
Jin, Sainan (contributor); Ono, Yukako (contributor);  … - 2007
The growth rate of temporary help service employment is often considered to be a leading business cycle indicator …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003679755
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Globalisation, structural change and labour productivity growth in BRICS economy
Mallick, Jagannath - 2015
Globalisation, has intensified the demand preference for quality labour, that embodies more knowledge and competency/skill to maximise the production in one hand, and it has also changed the life style and consumption behavior of the society on the other. As a consequence, this has led to...
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Export performance and survival in Russia : why some Regions grow fast and others don't
Kadochnikov, Sergey; Fedyunina, Anna - 2015
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between export performance and economic growth in Russian regions. We propose a methodology for decomposition of export growth into intensive and extensive margins and distinguish between product- and geographic extensive components within extensive...
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Reimagining India's urban future : a framework for securing high-growth, low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development in India
Tewari, Meenu; Aziz, Zeba; Cook, Mitchell; Goldar, Amrita; … - 2015
India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India's GDP, and this number is expected to rise to 75% by...
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Concentration of resources and economic growth
Castells-Quintana, David - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 2 (2015) 1, pp. 17-25
In this letter I summarise the main results and contributions from my Ph.D. thesis on concentration of resources and economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in modern economic development, namely increasing...
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Regional growth in Central Europe : long-term effects of population and traffic structure
Polasek, Wolfgang; Berrer, Helmut - 2005
population structure is considered. Similar scenarios can be also obtained for employment and population growth. The long … paradox ; GDP ; employment and population growth ; long-term forecasts …
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Using state level employment thresholds to explain Okun’s Law
Herzog, Ryan W. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-26
determining changes in Okun’s Law. We test for asymmetries in Okun’s Law controlling for changes in industry employment. We find … changes in output on unemployment are least sensitive for states with relatively large employment within government …, construction, and natural resources sectors and lower employment levels in financial, professional and business services and …
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