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Regionale Ungleichheit in Deutschland und der EU: Was sagen die Daten?
Braml, Martin; Felbermayr, Gabriel - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 07, pp. 37-49
Die regionale Wirtschaftskraft der 402 Kreise Deutschlands, gemessen an ihrer Bruttowertschöpfung pro Kopf, ist 2014 deutlich gleicher als 2000 verteilt. Das gilt auch für die 1 300 Regionen der EU – wobei allerdings innerhalb der alten EU-15-Staaten ein Anstieg der regionalen Ungleichheit...
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ROSA, ROSAE, ROSIS : modelling a regional open sectoral innovation system
Gómez Porto, Igone; Otegi, Jose Ramón - 2014
that case be possible to consider an innovation system in the region? In order to contrast the ROSIS ?Regional Open … Sectorial Innovation System-, a qualitative interview is performed with inner players of a micro-region (productive firms … makers, etc.) to academically validate the ROSIS model. Combining external and internal views of the region, the existence of …
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Capital cities and road network integration : evidence from the U.S.
Loumeau, Nicole - 2021
This paper quantifies the causal effect of capital status on road network integration of U.S.micro/metropolitan statistical areas. Road network integration is defined using a class of measurements that evaluate how well a location is connected to all other locations through the National Highway...
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A structural approach for analyzing fiscal equalization
Langørgen, Audun - In: International tax and public finance 22 (2015) 3, pp. 376-400
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Business centre or bedroom community? : the development of employment in small and medium-sized towns
Kaufmann, David; Wittwer, Stefan - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 53 (2019) 10, pp. 1483-1493
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Temporary work visas as US-Haiti development cooperation: a preliminary impact evaluation
Clemens, Michael A.; Postel, Hannah - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 6 (2017) 4, pp. 1-18
We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the USA in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of...
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Public-private co-operation for gas provision in poor neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires : impact on housing improvements and health
Goytia, Cynthia; Pasquini, Ricardo; Sanguinetti, Pablo José - 2011
This study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005. The main features of the institutional framework are described and the main results of an impact estimation...
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The grant element method of measuring the concessionality of loans and debt relief
Scott, Simon - 2017
The grant element is the “gift portion” of a financial transaction. The mathematical technique for arriving at a precise grant element percentage was first proposed by John Pincus of the RAND Corporation in 1963, and developed mathematically by Göran Ohlin of the Development Centre in 1966....
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Temporary work visas as US-Haiti development cooperation : a preliminary impact evaluation
Clemens, Michael A.; Postel, Hannah - In: IZA journal of labor & development 6 (2017) 4, pp. 1-18
We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the USA in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655856
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The power of social pensions
Huang, Wei; Zhang, Chuanchuan - 2016
This paper examines the impacts of social pension provision among people of different ages. Utilizing the county-by-county rollout of the New Rural Pension Scheme in rural China, we find that, among the age-eligible people, the scheme provision leads to higher household income (18 percent) and...
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