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Fougère, Denis; Kramarz, Francis; Pouget, Julien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violent crimes in France for the period 1990 to 2000. This analysis is the first extensive study for this country. We construct a regional-level data set (for the 95 départements of metropolitan France) with...

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Housing Market Dynamics and Regional Migration in Britain

Cameron, Gavin; Muellbauer, John; Murphy, Anthony - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Economic conditions exert a strong influence on regional migration. On the one hand, strong labour market conditions, as exemplified by low unemployment rates and high earnings, draw migrants into regions. On the other hand, strong housing market conditions can prevent movement since expensive...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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Urbanization and Structural Transformation

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper presents new evidence on urbanization using sub-county data for the United States from 1880-2000 and …

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The Dynamics of City Formation: Finance and Governance

Henderson, J Vernon; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines city formation in a country whose urban population is growing steadily over time, with new cities required to accommodate this growth. In contrast to most of the literature there is immobility of housing and urban infrastructure, and investment in these assets is taken on the...

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A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late 19th Century

Rosenberg, Nathan; Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

innovative design in steam power, the Corliss engine, played in the intertwined processes of industrialization and urbanization …

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Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation

Behrens, Kristian; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Empirical studies consistently report that labour productivity and TFP rise with city size. The reason is that cities attract the most productive agents, select the best of them, and make the selected ones even more productive via various agglomeration economies. This paper provides a...

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Spain's Industrial Exports to the EEC: A Panel Data Approach

Martín, Carmela; Moreno, Lourdes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper investigates the determinants of trends in Spain's industrial exports to other Community countries by using … influence of advertising expenditure and, to a lesser extent, technological effort on Spain's industrial export performance. …

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Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of Spaniards

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From...

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International Capital Flows and the Boom-Bust Cycle in Spain

In 'T Veld, Jan; Kollmann, Robert; Pataracchia, Beatrice; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

government. We estimate the model using 1995Q1-2013Q2 data for Spain, the rest of the Euro Area (REA) and the rest of the world … for Spanish households and firms, as well as a fall in the interest rate spread between Spain and the REA fuelled the … Spanish output boom and the persistent rise in foreign capital flows to Spain, before the global financial crisis. During and …

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