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Elderly's mobility to and from work in the US: metropolitan status and population size
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020
work (e.g., commuting) across metropolitan areas and metropolitan population sizes. Using detailed time diaries from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389004
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Sobre el tamaño de las ciudades en España. Dos reflexiones y una regularidad empírica
Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper proposes two considerations prior to the study of city size and emphasizes their importance in the testing of one of the empirical regularities most widely used by the literature, Zipf’s law. The first one refers to the importance of using a consistent database for analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005055492
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Regional resilience
Lin, Jeffrey - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2012
In this paper, I study long-run population changes across U.S. metropolitan areas. First, I argue that changes over a … long period of time in the geographic distribution of population can be informative about the so-called \resilience" of … regions. Using the censuses of population from1790 to 2010, I find that persistent declines, lasting two decades or more, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600549
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Sobre el tamaño de las ciudades en España: Dos reflexiones y una regularidad empírica
Goerlich Gisbert, Goerlich Gisbert Francisco J.; Mas … - Fundación BBVA - 2008
This working paper proposes two considerations prior to the study of city size and emphasizes their importance in the testing of one of the empirical regularities most widely used by the literature, Zipf s law. The first refers to the importance of using a consistent database for analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683560
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Cities and Cultures
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2004
We investigate the existence of wage premium due to cultural diversity across US cities. Using census data from 1970 to 1990, we find that at the urban level richer diversity is systematically associated with higher average nominal wages for white US-born males. We measure cultural diversity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324967
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O deficit habitacional intrametropolitano e a localização de empreendimentos do programa Minha Casa Minha Vida: Mensurando possibilidades de atendimento
Neto, Vicente Correia Lima; Krause, Cleandro; Furtado, … - 2015
In this paper we analyze the social housing supply by "Minha Casa Minha Vida" (MCMV) program in Brazil, aimed at low-wage families (earning up to R$ 1,600 per month), as well as the housing shortage ("deficit habitacional") in a similar wage range. The location of MCMV's housing estates is...
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Sub-centres and Urban Inequality: A study on Social Equity in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
Tresserra, Jaume Masip - 2013
econometric models reveal that initial income inequality, population density, presence of human capital, land use balance, urban …. Inversely, high level of elderly population is negatively significant correlated with per capita income and its growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397287
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The reshaping of retail landscape in Greater Lisbon: do shopping centers have a future?
TEIXEIRA, José - 2014
In the early 70s, the retail landscape of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) was mostly confined to the Lisbon downtown. However, the retail landscape is changing at a rapid pace. In the mid-80s, two focus of retail competition (Amoreiras Shopping Center and Roma Avenue) appeared out-of-city...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400164
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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the US: Differences across metropolitan areas
Alonso-Villar, Olga; Río, Coral Del - 2015
This paper seeks to investigate the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. at the local labor market level, exploring whether the segregation of this group is a homogeneous phenomenon across the country or there are important disparities in the opportunities that these women meet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400439
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Commute time in Brazil (1992-2009): Differences between metropolitan areas, by income levels and gender
Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Schwanen, Tim - 2013
(MAs) in the country, than the in the other MAs. Second, workers in the poorest population segment (1st income decile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330483