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Inequality, neighbourhoods and welfare of the poor
Gulati, Namrata - In: Journal of development economics 122 (2016), pp. 214-228
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Can urban renewal policies reverse ethnic tipping points?
González Pampillon, Nicolas; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; … - 2015
Economist has traditionally been skeptical about the potential effects of place-based policies. Some authors (see, e.g., Overman and Nathan, 2013, and Kline and Moretti, 2014) argued that place-based policies are an imperfect solution to deal with social problems, for many reasons. First,...
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Understanding migration aversion using elicited counterfactual choice probabilities
Koşar, Gizem; Ransom, Tyler; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - 2019
Residential mobility rates in the U.S. have fallen considerably over the past three decades. The cause of the long-term decline remains largely unexplained. In this paper we investigate the relative importance of alternative drivers of residential mobility, including job opportunities,...
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Understanding migration aversion using elicited counterfactual choice probabilities
Koşar, Gizem; Ransom, Tyler; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - 2019
Residential mobility rates in the United States have fallen considerably over the past three decades. The cause of the long-term decline remains largely unexplained. In this paper we investigate the relative importance of alternative drivers of residential mobility, including job opportunities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999897
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Is population growth conducive to the sustainability of cooperation?
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2011
This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is developed in which farmers who live around a circular lake engage in trade with their adjacent neighbors. The payoffs from this activity are governed by a prisoner's dilemma "rule of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233355
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Is population growth conducive to the sustainability of cooperation? Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2011
This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is developed in which farmers who live around a circular lake engage in trade with their adjacent neighbors. The payoffs from this activity are governed by a prisoner's dilemma "rule of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238658
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Neighborhood Effects and Housing Vouchers
Davis, Morris A. - 2020
demonstrate that a Moving-to-Opportunity type voucher, in which people residing in high poverty tracts are given a voucher to move … to low-poverty tracts, does not affect child ability as households use the voucher to move to relatively inexpensive, low …
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Can Urban Renewal Policies Reverse Neighborhood Ethnic Dynamics?
González Pampillón, Nicolás - 2017
concentration of poverty and immigration. The control group comprises rejected projects and projects accepted towards the end of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962852
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Is Population Growth Conducive to the Sustainability of Cooperation?
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2011
This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is developed in which farmers who live around a circular lake engage in trade with their adjacent neighbors. The payoffs from this activity are governed by a prisoner’s dilemma “rule...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179249
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Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities : Testing the Own-Group Preference Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model
Boschman, Sanne - 2013
preferences, or by other neighbourhood or housing market factors. By using longitudinal register data from the Netherlands, this … study contributes to the literature on neighbourhood selection by ethnic minorities in two ways. First, it distinguishes … found to be important in explaining neighbourhood selection. There are, however, differences between ethnic minority groups …
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