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Movements into and Out of Child Poverty in New Zealand : Results from the Linked Income Supplement

Ballantyne, Suzie; Chapple, Simon Timothy; Maré, David C. - 2004

This paper considers the dynamics of child income poverty in New Zealand. Annual movements into and out of poverty by … research on family dynamics. New Zealand adult and child poverty transitions are compared. Child poverty transitions in New …

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Human capital development and parental investment in India

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Nix, Emily - 2015

function include parental background, prior child cognition and health and child investments. We allow investments to be …. We find that investments are very important determinants of child cognition and of health at an earlier age. We also find … in understanding how early health outcomes are important in child development. …

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A Review of Enrico Moretti's <em>The New Geography of Jobs</em>

Glaeser, Edward - In: Journal of Economic Literature 51 (2013) 3, pp. 825-37

Why is prosperity distributed so unevenly across America's metropolitan areas? While population growth has gone disproportionately towards the Sunbelt, high-skill areas have experienced the strongest income growth since 1970. Gaps between more and less educated areas were modest forty years ago,...

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The effects of gender-specific local labor demand on birth and later outcomes

Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2021

We examine the effects of local labor market conditions during early pregnancy on birth and later outcomes. Using a longitudinal survey of newborns in Japan, we find that improvements in employment opportunities increase the probability of low birth weight, attributable to shortened gestation....

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The Effects of Gender-Specific Local Labor Demand on Birth and Later Outcomes

Akesaka, Mika; Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2022

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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Specialization Patterns across EU Regions

Stirboeck, Claudia - In: The Review of Regional Studies 36 (2006) 3, pp. 324-61

In this paper, I perform a spatial econometric analysis of the determinants of regional specialization patterns across EU regions. Spatial correlation is evident, but this is due mostly to spatial error autocorrelation. Spatial interaction caused by positive economic interdependencies might be...

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State and Local Policy, Factor Markets, and Regional Growth

Brown, Stephen P. A.; Hayes, Kathy J.; Taylor, Lori L. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 33 (2003) 1, pp. 40-60

A large and growing literature has developed to explain how state and local policies affect factor markets, firm location, and economic growth; but it has emerged in three distinct threads. These threads have variously emphasized how policy and natural amenities affect regional economic growth,...

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Growing Australia’s Smaller Cities to Better Manage Population Growth

Beer, Andrew; Crommelin, Laura; Vij, Akshay; Dodson, Jago; … - 2022

This Inquiry final report brings together three separate research projects to examine the capacity of Australia’s smaller cities to assist in managing population growth, including international and national migration; and provides advice on which policy instruments and programs are most likely...

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We're Right, They're Wrong, Regional Science Is Where It's At

Partridge, Mark D. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 36 (2006) 1, pp. 1-14

Regional science is highly relevant in assessing issues that tangibly impact our lives. Conversely, economics is so fixated on mathematical rigor that it does not have the impact on policy that it should. Similar constructive criticisms apply to geography. To illustrate how regional scientists...

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Demographic change in cities : Trends, challenges and insights from G7 economies

Burgalassi, David - 2024

Demographic change brings complex challenges to the economic, social, and environmental systems of cities, with its asymmetric, overlapping, and compounded impacts across people and places. This paper analyses the main demographic trends and challenges in cities across OECD countries, with a...

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