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Chapter 24. Urbanization and Growth
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2005
This chapter on urbanization and growth focuses on modeling and empirical evidence that pertain to a number of inter … level of individual cities. In the early stages of growth, economic development is characterized by urbanization – a spatial … aspects of the transformation? In any static, growth, or development–urbanization context, how do governance, institutions …
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How Binding is Low Social Capital for Economic Growth? - Further Lessons from the Italian Regional Divide
Pigliaru, Francesco - 2012
Does a persistently low endowment of social capital inevitably imply slow growth and lagging behind? We address this question by considering regional growth in the presence of highly heterogeneous social capital stocks. We maintain that the influence of social capital on growth depends crucially...
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Italy's National Recovery and Resilient Plan : will it narrow the North-South productivity gap?
Mauro, Luciano; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2023
We develop an endogenous growth model to simulate the long-term impact of Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) on the persistent North-South productivity gap. Our model underscores public investment as a catalyst for sustained economic growth and highlights the reliance of local...
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Rugged Entrepreneurs : Individualism and the Geographic Distribution of New Business Formation
Barrios, John Manuel; Hochberg, Yael V.; Macciocchi, Daniele - 2022
Using novel data on new business registrations in the US, we examine how historical factors that shape persistent individualistic culture affect the geographic distribution of entrepreneurial activity in modern times. Current-day new business formation in US counties is positively related to the...
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A century of regional inequalities in Brazil
Magalhães, João Carlos Ramos; Alves, Pedro Jorge Holanda - 2022
This work calculates coefficients of spatial inequalities of wealth amongst Brazilian municipalities, for each year for the period from 1920 to 2016, states of the federation, from 1939 to 2017, and amongst municipalities from each of the five Brazilians' macro-regions, from 1920 to 2016. The...
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How to identify specialization? : the case of India’s cities
Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - 2017
Given that India’s urban areas contribute to nearly two-thirds of its gross domestic product, even though they account for only 31% of the country’s population, they have been rightly called the engines of India’s growth. In this paper, I answer the following questions: What are the...
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Employment Subcenters in Chicago : Past, Present, and Future
McMillen, Daniel P. - 2003
The number of subcenters in the Chicago metropolitan area rose from 13 in 1980 to 32 in 2000. Whereas manufacturing jobs dominated subcenters in the past, the industry mix now closely resembles the overall metropolitan area
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Chapter 22. The Geography of Development Within Countries
Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J. Vernon - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 1457-1517). 2015
This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an...
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403576