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Vínculos interregionales en la economía colombiana del siglo XIX: Empresariado del Caribe en el interior del país

Mejía-Cubillos, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper analyzes, through case study, the activity of the Colombian Caribbean entrepreneurs in the inland country during the 19th century. It discusses the business of Amador family, Juan Bautista Mainero and Fergusson Noguera family. The aim is to highlight the importance of studying the...

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The Brazilian Economy in 20th Century

Antunes, Davi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

In this brief text, we will try to discuss the problems of the Brazilian Economy and how these problems are affected by the globalization.

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Parsing the urban poverty puzzle: A multi-generational panel study in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, 1968 - 2008

Perlman, Janice E. - 2010

'opening' to democracy; major economic transformations from 'miracle' boom to hyperinflation and crisis, and to relative …

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Cities as Engines of Opportunities : Evidence from Brazil

Barza, Radu; Glaeser, Edward L.; Hidalgo, César A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

skill segregation on upward income mobility. We find that cities in the south of Brazil are more effective engines of upward … positive effects of urbanization depend on the skilled and unskilled working together, a form of integration that is more … prevalent in the cities of southern Brazil than in northern cities. This segregation, which can decline with specialization and …

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Tax Competition and Income Sorting : Evidence from the Zurich Metropolitan Area

Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Somogyi, Frank; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2009

In this paper, we provide empirical evidence for the influence of income taxes on the choice of residence of taxpayers at the local level. The fact that Swiss communities can individually set tax multipliers thereby shifting the progressive tax scheme which is fixed at the cantonal (state) level...

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Housing tenure and housing demand in Colombia

Arbeláez, María Angélica; Steiner, Roberto; Becerra, … - FEDESARROLLO - 2011

Using the 2003 and 2008 Quality of Life Surveys, we identify the factors that affect housing tenure decisions in Colombia and explore the determinants of the demand for rentals and purchases. Variables affecting the choice between buying and renting include civil status, education, age of the...

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Conditional Growth, Convergence Clubs and Idiosyncratic Shocks : A Regional Approach for the States of Mexico 1980–2018

Osorio-Caballero, María Isabel; Nuñez, Roy; … - 2022

The literature on economic growth in Latin America still presents mixed results. In the case of Mexico, the main findings show a similar pattern, highlighting the lower capacity of the southern and central states to take advantage of the export-oriented model. The present research analyses the...

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Exclusionary Policies in Urban Development, How under-servicing of migrant households affects the growth and composition of Brazilian cities

Henderson, J. Vernon; Feler, Leo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Localities in developed countries often restrict construction and population growth through regulations governing land usage, lot sizes, building heights, and frontage requirements. In developing countries, such policies are less effective because of the existence of unregulated, informal...

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Racially polarized voting in a southern U.S. election : how urbanization and residential segregation shape voting patterns

Weaver, Russell; Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha - In: The review of regional studies : a joint publ. of the … 45 (2015) 1, pp. 15-34

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The location of the upper socioeconomic stratum of Santiago's population in the period 1977-2017 : deconcentration or expansion of its traditional habitat?

Rodríguez Vignoli, Jorge - In: CEPAL review 138 (2022), pp. 151-179

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