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Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children until one or more boys are born, and to concentrate investment in boys for a given sibsize. Therefore, having a brother may affect child outcomes in two ways: indirectly, by decreasing sibsize, and directly, where sibsize remains...
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Using a database from Chile, we have tested empirically the effects of economic residential segregation on educational achievements. Our hypothesis is based on literature's findings about segregation's negative impact on individuals' well being. We found that segregation has negative impacts....
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In this paper, we analyse different measures of asset and income poverty using micro-data for 15 euro area countries from the 2010 Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). We are particularly interested in the way in which specific definitions of income and wealth poverty affect the...
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function for housing. …
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Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...
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The socioeconomic importance of housing and its medium- and long-term investment returns requires a significant effort …, the territory structure and the lack of information and transparency of the housing market mechanisms also influence its … understanding. There is a variety of literature, in the field of spatial economics that gives theoretical basis for predict housing …
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In this paper, we examine the effect of suburbanization on obesity rates. Our study is an improvement over the existing literature because we will use county level data for our analysis, enabling us to look at the effect of moving from the central city to the suburbs. Previous research has only...
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In 2001, the AZF plant exploded in Toulouse (France). The accident was unexpected, it strongly damaged local housing … perception on housing markets and neighborhoods subject to industrial risk. Using a difference-in-difference matching strategy …, this paper shows that although transaction prices do not change as a result of this shift, local housing markets are indeed …
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This study examines the association between urban/rural residence and various forms of trust in Hungary, including control variables such as age, gender, income, marriage, qualification into the analysis. Trust is a basic dimension of human capital and a very often used concept in everyday...
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financial deficit, as it is happening recently in the capital of Italy. Conclusion The housing policies must be essential part … that raise property values, without urban policies of social equity there isn?t ?social housing? that can work. Unless the …
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