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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016
There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...
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Quasi-experimental methods in empirical regional science and policy analysis : is there a scope for application?
Mitze, Timo; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Alecke, Björn - 2012
Applied econometrics has recently emphasized the identification of causal parameters for policy analysis. This … great value for regional policy analysis and should be the subject of future research efforts in the field of empirical … regional science. -- Generalized propensity score ; nearest neighbor matching ; labor productivity growth ; regional policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669444
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Quasi-Experimental Methods in Empirical Regional Science and Policy Analysis – Is There a Scope for Application?
Mitze, Timo - 2012
Applied econometrics has recently emphasized the identification of causal parameters for policy analysis. This … great value for regional policy analysis and should be the subject of future research efforts in the field of empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099521
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EU structural funds and regional income convergence : a sobering experience
Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy …, the obtained negative spatial effect may reflect the role played by policy-induced spatial competition among neighboring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440788
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and politics in the geographical allocation of public resources : evidence from Turkey's fixed capital investments
Luca, Davide - 2013 - Draft version for ERSA 2013 Annual Conference
measures remain the most relevant predictors of investments. In contrast to official regional development policy principles …
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The effect of foreign-owned large plant closures on nearby firms
Bisztray, Márta - 2016
I estimate the impact of foreign-owned large plant closures on local firms. I identify 41 such events in Hungary and assign comparable control cities with foreign-owned large plants operating in the same industry and not closing. I use a firm-level panel database of Hungarian firms between 1992...
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EU Structural Funds and Regional Income Convergence – A Sobering Experience
Breidenbach, Philipp - 2016
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy …, the obtained negative spatial effect may reflect the role played by policy-induced spatial competition among neighboring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995475
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Interprovincial efficiency differentials in Indonesia's pre-and post-crisis economy
Kataoka, Mitsuhiko - 2016
Indonesia is beset by uneven regional resource endowment and interregional income inequalities. Kataoka (2011) concluded that these are largely determined by the labor productivity differential, using the Duro and Esteban (1998) inequality decomposition approach. We empirically explored the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418162
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Do preferences for urban amenities really differ by skill?
Arntz, Melanie; Brüll, Eduard; Lipowski, Cäcilia - 2021
City-level policies often aim at attracting skilled workers by improving urban amenities. However, due to endogeneity problems, studies relying on revealed preferences have difficulties in providing evidence for the basic premise that skilled workers place a higher value on urban amenities than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534592
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Do Preferences for Urban Amenities Really Differ by Skill?
Arntz, Melanie; Brüll, Eduard; Lipowski, Cäcilia - 2021
City-level policies often aim at attracting skilled workers by improving urban amenities. However, due to endogeneity problems, studies relying on revealed preferences have difficulties in providing evidence for the basic premise that skilled workers place a higher value on urban amenities than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222005