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income and mean regional transfers per person are used as independent variables. The findings indicate that old industrial …
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relating to income on a national level. Polish GDP per capita (in PPP terms) increased from 49% of European Union average in … does not spread out proportionally on all regions and income convergence is not observed. Instead, the relatively fastest … purpose of the research is to analyze the relationship between the local convergence of income and educational achievements on …
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While illicit capital flight is a major concern of policy makers in developing countries, there is only little research on the possible link between capital flight and development aid. In this paper, we address the issue for Nepal, a stereotypical financially-closed developing economy that is...
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The purpose of the paper is to identify areas in South Africa where social-economic disparity exists using 2011 census data. Different indices are used to measure spatial disparity with the aim of finding the most appropriate approach for measuring disparities under different circumstances. The...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
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dependent variable, and four explanatory variables are employed in the study: disposable per capita income; long … explanatory variables (education and population density) and two spatially lagged explanatory variables (income and education) are …: average direct impacts, as well as indirect and total impacts of income are negative. Average direct impacts of unemployment …
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equivalent disposable income is below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median after social … but results do not get better. Additionally, we test both deprivation indicators with households' income distribution … (percentiles) and find very significant inconsistencies: some deprived families belong to the highest income percentiles and some …
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income growth. New economic geography predicts income divergence across regions. We investigate the dynamic process of … accumulating tertiary education and regional income growth in Norway during the past four decades. The expansion of smart cities … goes along with catching up of education level in the periphery and overall the education levels converge. Income levels …
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