This paper explores the regional impacts of heterogeneous fiscal redistribution policies on urbanrural income gaps. We construct market income and final income measures and use quantile regressions to estimate the impact across income deciles and across urban and rural areas of the different...

In most literature it is particularly argued that the dichotomous basis of urban and rural definitions has many features that state rural areas as existing along a continuum within which individuals, households, communities and institutions distribute themselves. One important character of...

The emergence of urban-rural space, as evidenced by the expansion of low-density exurban areas and growth of amenity-based rural areas, is characterized by the merging of a rural landscape form with urban economic function. Changing economic conditions, including waning transportation and...

What is the impact of international trade on cities and rural areas within a country? Existing studies on this topic are based on new economic geography models, which focus on the effect of international trade on the change in the balance between agglomeration and dispersion forces of the...

Large numbers of women die globally due to pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, especially in less developed countries. Most of them die because they have no access to skilled birth attendance (SBA) and emergency care during pregnancy complications. This study assesses the inequality in the...