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Urban-Biased Growth : A Macroeconomic Analysis
Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Since 1980, US wage growth has been fastest in large cities. Empirically, we show that most of this urban-biased growth reflects wage growth at large Business Services firms, which are also the most intensive users of information and communications technology (ICT) capital in the US economy. We...
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The economics of EMU : background studies for European economy no 44 "One market, one money"
1991
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Regional growth and convergence
1997
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The cases of Greece, Spain, Ireland and Portugal
1997
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The Challenges of Economic Maturity : New England, 1880 - 1940
Rosenbloom, Joshua L. - 1999
This paper provides an account of the complex changes taking place within New England in the years from 1880 to 1940. After 1880, technological changes and market shifts undermined the sources of comparative advantage that had promoted the concentration of textile and footwear production within...
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Do Borders Matter for Social Capital? Economic Growth and Civic Culture in U.S. States and Canadian Provinces
Helliwell, John F. - 1996
The paper first assesses regional and ethnic group differences in social trust and memberships in both Canada and the United States. The ethnic categories people choose to describe themselves are as important as regional differences, but much less important than education, in explaining...
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Trends in Regional Inequality in China
Jian, Tianlun - 1996
Several recent studies have examined the tendency of regions within a nation to exhibit long-term convergence in per … capita income levels. Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1991, 1992, 1995) have found a tendency towards convergence among the U … convergence among the provinces of China during the period 1952-1993. We find that real income convergence of provinces in China …
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