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In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals? contact with officials, and in the...
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In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals' contact with officials, and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478214
the country, resulting in a decrease in unemployment. But because the city's potential labor force has also experienced … considerable growth, Berlin's unemployment rate remains well above the national average. Since jobs requiring intermediate … qualifications have become more prevalent, this high unemployment rate is being influenced more and more by the increasing numbers of …
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else in the country, resulting in a decrease in unemployment. But because the city's potential labor force has also … experienced considerable growth, Berlin's unemployment rate remains well above the national average. Since jobs requiring … intermediate qualifications have become more prevalent, this high unemployment rate is being influenced more and more by the …
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else in the country, resulting in a decrease in unemployment. But because the city's potential labor force has also … experienced considerable growth, Berlin's unemployment rate remains well above the national average. Since jobs requiring … intermediate qualifications have become more prevalent, this high unemployment rate is being influenced more and more by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507145
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and transport accessibility influence the location decisions of firms at municipality level and in three industries. The … explanatory variables (local gross domestic product, road accessibility, and the characteristics of firms in neighbouring … municipalities). The results show that agglomeration economies and accessibility are important in industrial location decision-making. …
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We estimate the effect of employment density on wages in Sweden in a large geocoded data set on individuals and workplaces. Employment density is measured in four circular zones around each individual's place of living. The data contains a rich set of control variables that we use in an...
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In the U.S., the cross-state differences in unemployment rates are large - for instance, large compared to variations … in the national unemployment rate over time. At the same time, there is considerable labor mobility within the U.S.; in … fact, enough that, if migration arbitrages differences in unemployment, one might expect very low cross-state differences …
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persistent unemployment in contracting regions. The basic idea behind the experiment is to collect all unemployment related … lower the unemployment rate in Paltamo by almost 10 percentage points in just two years time during an era of global … financial crisis. The costs of this remarkable drop in unemployment were 3.4 million Euros in 2010. The results show that one …
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