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A study on the local economy ripple effect due to general Industrial Estate Regeneration Project : focused on Jinju City's Sang-pyeong general industrial complex
Kim, Yeong; Shin, Jae-won - 2015
ceased by economic downturn and to the increased facility location with a wrong use. As the urban expansion is continuously … industrial complex remodeling project, which allowed to induce new growth power industry associated with innovative urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481870
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Green Premium in the Primary and Secondary U.S. Municipal Bond Markets
Partridge, Candace - 2018
Green municipal bonds are a growing segment of the US municipal bond market. As they face increasing demand, there have been questions about the performance of green muni bonds relative to their conventional counterparts. In this paper, we perform yield curve analysis on a selection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912444
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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. : differences across metropolitan areas
Alonso Villar, Olga; Río Otero, Coral del - 2015
disparities in the opportunities that these women meet with across American urban areas. As opposed to other studies that are … territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483661
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - revised, October 2019
significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119937
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - Revised, October 2019
significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124840
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2017
reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more … countries have lower values of the World Economic Forum's Gender Equity Index, or lower female labor force participation rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731996
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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes
Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016
. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482631
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Local Government Taxes and Long-Run Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Stansel, Dean; Swaleheen, Mushfiq - 2008
This paper explores the factors that contribute to long-run economic growth in U.S. metropolitan areas, with particular attention given to government finance variables. Unlike previous work that examines only a sub-sample of the largest areas, this paper uses a new comprehensive data set for all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212102
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Egalitarian religion and economics
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
The role of women in the ritual of many religions changed dramatically at the end of the 20th century, to the point where full participation by women was the norm by 2000 rather than the rarity that it had been 30 years earlier. This paper considers some aspects of the economic context that help...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272758
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Egalitarian religion and economics
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
in contrast to its many previous failures. It concludes with predictions of future trends. -- Economics ; gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959394