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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: A survey of the literature for receiving countries

Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...

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Human capital externalities in US cities

Peri, Giovanni - 1998

In an empirical analysis, considering 236 U.S. cities in the period 1980-1990, we document a strong positive … productivity of those factors which are locally abundant. Therefore we may interpret this regularity as a sign that in cities where … may provide an explanation for the behaviour of education premia across cities. …

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Well-being in cities and regions: Measurement, analysis and policy practices

Veneri, Paolo; Edzes, Arjen J. E. - In: REGION 4 (2017) 2, pp. E1-E5

This note introduces the special issue on Well-being in cities and regions: measurement, analysis and policy practices …

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Urban jumble in three Nigerian cities: A perception study of development control activities in Ibadan, Osogbo and Ado-Ekiti

Olowoporoku, Oluwaseun; Daramola, Oluwole; Agbonta, Wilson - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 795-811

capital cities in Nigeria (Ibadan, Osogbo and Ado-Ekiti). This came about based on the recognition that jumble development … hinders economic and environmental sustainability in cities. The perception study becomes imperative since perception is … survey through questionnaire administration. The three capital cities were stratified into local government areas (LGAs). One …

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The new urban agenda: A challenge or an opportunity for Polish cities?

Bernaciak, Anna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 879-892

requires new urban rules and regulations. It implements Sustainable Development Goal 11 aimed to make cities more inclusive … areas in the world and which develops and affirms previous global actions. From the perspective of Polish cities, the …. In the conditions of constantly changing law, lack of proper financing and organizational problems that Polis cities have …

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Pandemics, places, and populations: evidence from the Black Death

Jedwab, Remi; Johnson, Noel D.; Koyama, Mark - 2019

growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …

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Terraforming Tech City: Place branding and spatial imaginaries in inner East London

Nathan, Max; Vandore, Emma; Voss, Georgina - 2016

This paper performs a mixed-methods analysis of place-branding strategies developed in the 'Tech City' cluster initiative in Inner East London, drawing on ethnographic material, semi-structured interviews and visual content. Using Jessop's concept of the spatial imaginary, we explore key...

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Using Crunchbase to explore innovative ecosystems in the US and UK

Kemeny, Tom; Nathan, Max; Almeer, Bader - 2017

Innovative, high-technology activities are seen as motors of development, with knock-on effects throughout their local economies. Such activities tend to organise networks that span beyond atomized firms, creating 'ecosystems' of mutual dependence as well as competition. However, such ecosystems...

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Creative differences? Measuring creative economy employment in the US and UK using microdata

Kemeny, Tom; Nathan, Max; O'Brien, Dave - 2018

Using high-quality administrative microdata spanning 2011-2013, this paper develops new routines to compare creative economies using the creative trident framework, and applies them to the UK and US national and regional contexts. We find the UK creative economy is larger in workforce shares,...

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Reurbanisierung in den kreisfreien Städten Nordwestdeutschlands im Spiegel der Statistik

Pohl, Martha - In: Reurbanisierung zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit: Ein …, (pp. 27-48). 2019

In North-West Germany reurbanisation does not affect all cities, and it affects different cities to differing extents … paper the official statistics are used to investigate the extent and components of reurbanisation in 16 cities with district …

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