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Aglomerações urbanas no Brasil e na América do sul : trajetórias e novas configurações
Moura, Rosa; Pêgo Filho, Bolívar - 2016
The Urban Network and Territory research, developing in the Directory of Studies and Regional, Urban and Environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489997
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The Brasília Experiment: Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
Bird, Julia; Straub, Stéphane - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2014
This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and economic activity across the country's municipalities. It addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004740
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The General Equilibrium Wage Impact of Trade-Induced Shifts in Industrial Compositions of Employment in Brazilian Cities, 1991-2000
Mardukhi, Jian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
industrial compositions in cities of Brazil induced by substantial trade liberalization in this country during the 1990s. A … countries such as Brazil, with already non-uniform distribution of economic development across regions, create geographical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680328
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The Industrialization Paths : Railroads and Structural Transformation in Brazil 1872-1950
Américo, Pedro - 2022
This article documents the impact of the Brazilian railway network on structural transformation between the late nineteenth and middle twentieth century. We exploit variation induced by geographic location, where municipalities near the least-cost routes were more likely to be connected to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013294144
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Is Income Inequality Endogenous In Regional Growth?
Hailu, Yohannes G.; Kahsai, Mulugeta S.; Gebremedhin, … - In: Journal of Income Distribution 20 (2011) 3-4, pp. 43-56
This study focuses on testing the relationship between income inequality and economic growth within counties in the United States, and the channels through which the effects of a relationship are observed. Based on a system of equations estimation, the empirical results confirm the hypotheses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711981
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950
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Regional disparities among countries and analysis of reasons of their creation
Stanislav, Kološta; et., al. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Regional development and remission of regional disparities belong to the most discussed topics in the European Union. The urgency of solving this question proves the fact, that regional development is one of the key issues of regional policy in the EU. Enormous are especially disparities among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621504
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
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Forma urbana e mobilidade sustentável: Evidências de cidades brasileiras
Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Parga, João Pedro … - 2022
Global South and particularly in Brazil. In this study, we examine the extent to which the urban form of Brazilian cities … impacts their urban mobility energy consumption. First, we present a descriptive analysis of how urban areas in Brazil have … per capita used in private motorized transport in the 182 largest urban areas in Brazil are affected by different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486037
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Forma urbana e mobilidade sustentável : evidências de cidades brasileiras
Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Parga, João Pedro … - 2022
Global South and particularly in Brazil. In this study, we examine the extent to which the urban form of Brazilian cities … impacts their urban mobility energy consumption. First, we present a descriptive analysis of how urban areas in Brazil have … per capita used in private motorized transport in the 182 largest urban areas in Brazil are affected by different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013489643