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On the relations among CO2 emissions, gross domestic product, energy consumption, electricity use, urbanization, and income inequality for a sample of 134 countries
Santillán Salgado, Roberto Joaquín; Valencia-Herrera, … - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 10 (2020) 6, pp. 195-207
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Dietary transition and its relationship with socio-economic status and peri-urban obesity
Purushotham, Anjali; Aiyar, Anaka; Cramon-Taubadel, … - 2021
and urbanization impact different economic groups & the dual burden of malnutrition. Our results call for strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534542
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Features and factors of demographic dynamics in the Kyrgyz Republic
Avdeev, Alexandre A.; Troitskaya, Irina A. - In: Population and economics : PE 5 (2021) 2, pp. 29-54
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596684
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Cash in the city : emerging lessons from implementing cash transfers in urban Africa
Gentilini, Ugo; Khosla, Saksham; Almenfi, Mohamed; … - 2021
Poverty and crises are rapidly “urbanizing†. Yet experience with operationalizing cash transfers in urban areas is limited. This paper captures early lessons from a new generation of urban cash transfer responses to Covid-19 in eleven African countries. The analysis contextualizes...
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489741
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Pandemics, places, and populations : evidence from the Black Death
Jedwab, Remi; Johnson, Noel D.; Koyama, Mark - 2019
The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history of mankind. Despite its historical importance, little is known about its spatial effects and the effects of pandemics more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides...
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A study of dynamic econometric relationship between urbanization and service industries growth in China
Cheng, Congjun - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 6 (2013) 1, pp. 8-15
Purpose: The paper is going to analyze that there are dynamic quantitative relationships between Chinese urbanization … conclusion. Findings: The paper achieves the two conclusions, one is that urbanization is the important power of service industry …'s growth; the other is that the level of urbanization improves the level of service industry recently. Originality …
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Rush hours and urbanization
Seidel, Tobias; Wickerath, Jan - 2019
We use a spatial general equilibrium model with potential commuting of workers between their place of work and their place of residence to analyze the effects of rush hours on the spatial allocation of employment and population, average labor productivity and the housing market. Abolishing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996174
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Global cities and the ends of globalism
Curtis, Simon - In: New global studies 12 (2018) 1, pp. 75-90
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Urban and rural fertility transitions in the developing world: a cohort perspective
Lerch, Mathias - 2017
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