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Regional Income Inequalities in Europe: An Updated Measurement and Some Decomposition Results

Duro, J.A. - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2004

In this paper well-known summary inequality indexes are used to explore interregional income inequalities in Europe. In … applied. First, regional inequalities are decomposed by regional subgroups (countries). Second, intertemporal inequality … reduction in crossregional inequality during 1982-97. Second, this reduction is basically due to real convergence among …

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Polarització comarcal de rendes a Catalunya

Duro, Juan Antonio - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2004

Sovint parlem de les comarques catalanes en termes de grups més o menys homogenis. Per exemple, les segmenten en riques i pobres, en dinàmiques i estancades, en interiors o costaneres, etc. Apart de l’interès com a instrument de síntesi, el grau de formació de grups cohesionats i distants...

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Intra-regional Disparity and Municipal Merger: Case Study in Fukuoka Prefecture

Sakamoto, Hiroshi - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This study examines intra-regional disparity and municipal merger in Fukuoka Prefecture. Fukuoka Prefecture (Fukuoka-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. It faces the sea on three sides, bordering on Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures and facing Yamaguchi Prefecture across...

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Uneven landscapes and city size distributions

Lee, Sanghoon; Li, Qiang - In: Journal of Urban Economics 78 (2013) C, pp. 19-29

This paper proposes a new model generating city size distributions that asymptotically follow the log-normal distribution. The log-normal distribution is consistent with Zipf’s law in the top tail, which is known to hold for many countries in different periods. The key feature of our model is...

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Uneven landscapes and the city size distribution

Lee, Sanghoon; Li, Qiang - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010

This paper proposes a new explanation for Zipf’s law often observed in the top tail of city size distribution. We show that Zipf’s law can emerge if city size can be expressed as a product of multiple random factors. Each of the factors need not generate Zipf’s law by itself. The key...

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Análisis de agrupaciones provinciales a partir del enfoque de desigualdad y polarización: una nota

Duro, Juan Antonio - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2004

Con motivo de analizar las fuentes de las desigualdades interprovinciales de la renta en España las provincias vienen siendo agrupadas en función de su pertenencia a las CCAA. Este criterio de tipificación, de origen administrativo, no agota, sin embargo, las posibilidades existentes en orden...

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Regionale Verteilungswirkungen durch das Vergütungs- und Umlagesystem des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EEG)

Plankl, Reiner - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2013

Die Untersuchung analysiert regionale Verteilungseffekte der Energiewende in Deutschland. Im Fokus steht die regionale Verteilung erneuerbarer Energieanlagen, des erneuerbar erzeugten Stroms sowie des EEG-Finanzierungssaldos für das Jahr 2011. Räumliche Betrachtungseinheit sind die...

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Winners and Losers Post Democratic Reform in Nigeria : A Microeconomic Analysis of Changes in Economic and Labor Market Outcomes

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2008

In this paper, the question of differential welfare impacts, across interest groups post democratic reform in a developing country, is explored. There is data evidence that welfare has improved post democracy in Nigeria. However, the distribution or concentration of the benefits of democracy in...

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The People's Republic of China in the middle-income trap?

Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2017

-income economies. In particular, since the beginning of the growth slowdown of the economy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in …

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China in the middle-income trap?

Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2017 - (updated version)

China is, or will also be, confronted with such a trap. This paper analyzes the Chinese MIT situation taking into account … only survey the recent literature, but also make our own MIT forecasts and analyze under which condi-tions China could be …

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