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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity

Achten, Sandra; Lessmann, Christian - 2019

We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...

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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity

Achten, Sandra; Lessmann, Christian - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 136 (2020), pp. 1-20

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Spatial Inequality, Geography and Economic Activity

Achten, Sandra - 2019

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Spatial Inequality of Districts in India From Outer Space : Evidence Across DMSP and VIIRS Satellites

Mathen, Christopher - 2023

Nightlight is used as a proxy for economic activity at the subnational level. Two types of nightlight data are mainly available- Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), available from 1992-2013, and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), available from 2012. In this study,...

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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space

Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015

.e., the determinants of the convergence process. We find evidence for an N-shaped relationship between development and … regional inequality. Geography, mobility and trade openness are also highly important. …

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Regional inequality and internal conflict : conference paper

Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: January 2013

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal conflicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level regional...

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Some are more equal than others : new estimates of global and regional inequality

Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2016

We compare four methodologies to estimate the global distribution of income and find that many methods work well, but the method based on two-parameter distributions is more accurate than other methods. This method is simpler, easier to implement and relies on a more internationally-comparable...

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Geography matters : spatial dimensions of trade, migration and growth

Steinwachs, Thomas - 2019

This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...

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Regional inequality and convergence in Europe, 1995 - 2005

Melchior, Arne - 2008

The paper presents new results on within-country regional inequality in per capita income for 36 countries during 1995-2005; focusing on Europe but with some non-European countries included for comparison. In 23 of the 36 countries there was a significant increase in regional inequality during the...

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Foreign direct investment and regional inequality: A panel data analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2012

capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different … data set of regional inequalities covering 55 countries at different stages of development, I find net FDI inflows to … development has on the negative impact from FDI on regional inequality. …

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