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Heterogeneous convergence
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - 2013
We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335973
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Federal, state, and local governments: Evaluating their separate roles in US growth
Higgins, Matthew J.; Young, Andrew T.; Levy, Daniel - 2008
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336011
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Federal, state, and local governments : evaluating their separate roles in US growth
Higgins, Matthew J. (contributor);  … - 2008
We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003781387
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Heterogeneous convergence
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel C. - 2013 - Last Revision: April 2013
We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels. -- Economic Growth ;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727539
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Economic Freedom, Entrepreneurship, & Income Levels : Some US State-Level Empirics
Wiseman, Travis - 2013
Recent literatures on entrepreneurship and economic growth estimate the empirical relationships between the following pairs of variables: (1) institutions and entrepreneurial activity; (2) institutions and economic growth; and (3) entrepreneurship and economic growth.This paper revisits each of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093550
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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth : Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data
Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew John - 2015
We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029441
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Sequential city growth in the US : does age matter?
González-Val, Rafael; Sánchez-Vidal, María; … - 2013
.S. cities and metropolitan areas. We focus our analysis on the new cities that were created during the period of analysis. The … experienced by these new-born cities. Our results enable us to confirm that, when cities appear, they grow very rapidly and, as … of the growth differential is driven by the cities' first decade of existence. This is consistent with the theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685285
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Determinants of urbanization
Hofman, Anett; Wan, Guangha - 2013
In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous literature has largely neglected the issue in favor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781149
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Heterogeneity in Convergence Rates and Income Determination Across U.S. States : Evidence from County-Level Data
Young, Andrew; Higgins, Matthew John; Levy, Daniel - 2015
We utilize county-level data to explore growth determination in the U.S. and possible heterogeneity in growth determination across individual states. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. We use a consistent two stage least squares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029571
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Free to Grow? A Matching Methods Analysis of Jumps in US State-Level Economic Freedom
Callais, Justin T - 2020
This paper contributes to the literature that uses the Economic Freedom of North America (EFNA) index to evaluate relationships with various outcomes. Most of the literature estimates a linear relationship between economic freedom and those outcomes. However, using matching methods can be a...
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