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Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; … - HAL - 2014
The objective of this paper is to investigate the impacts of urbanization on human capital andeconomic growth in Africa …. It seeks to contribute to the urbanization-growth debate byinvestigating how urbanization is linked to human capital … accumulation and economic growth.More precisely, compared to previous studies on the urbanization-growth nexus, we (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930231
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A typology of distance-based measures of spatial concentration
Marcon, Eric; Puech, Florence - HAL - 2012
Over the last decade, distance-based methods have been introduced and then improved in the field of spatial economics to gauge the geographic concentration of activities. There is a growing literature on this theme including new tools, discussions on specific properties and various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821160
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Is financial support for private R&D always justified ? A discussion based on literature on growth
Montmartin, Benjamin; Massard, Nadine - HAL - 2013
Many economists have long held that market failures create a gap between social and private returns to Research and Development (R&D), thereby limiting private incentives to invest in R&D. However, this common belief that firms significantly underinvest in R&D is increasingly being challenged,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821202
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The pollution haven hypothesis : a geographic economy model in a comparative study
Kheder, Sonia Ben; Zugravu, Natalia - HAL - 2008
Although based on theoretical foundations, the pollution haven hypothesis stating that heterogenous environmental regulations between countries influence multinational firms' location decisions, has never been clearly proven empirically. In this study, we reexamine this hypothesis by a fresh...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738675
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Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - HAL - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive e¤ect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in difference estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738798
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New economic geography: A guide to transport analysis
Lafourcade, Miren; Thisse, Jacques-François - HAL - 2008
The paper surveys the main contributions of new economic geography from the point of view of transport analysis. It shows that decreasing transport costs is likely to exacerbate regional disparities. However, very low transport costs should foster a more balanced distribution for economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738902
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Spatial disparities in hospital performance
Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - HAL - 2013
Using a French exhaustive dataset, this article studies the determinants of regional disparities in mortality for patients admitted to hospitals for a heart attack. These disparities are large, with an 80% difference in the propensity to die within 15 days between extreme regions. They may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784101
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The rise and fall of spatial inequalities in France: A long-run perspective
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren; Thisse, … - HAL - 2008
This paper uses a unique database that provides value-added, employment, and population levels for the entire set of French departments for the years 1860, 1930, and 2000. These data cover three sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, and services. This allows us to study the evolution of spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930232
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Do Large Departments Make Academics More Productive? Agglomeration and Peer Effects in Research
Bosquet, Clément; Combes, Pierre-Philippe - HAL - 2013
We study the effect of a large set of department characteristics on individual publication records. We control for many individual time-varying characteristics, individual fixed-effects and reverse causality. Department characteristics have an explanatory power that can be as high as that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933938
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Spatial disparities in hospital performance
Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - HAL - 2013
Using a French exhaustive dataset, this article studies the determinants of regional disparities in mortality for patients admitted to hospitals for a heart attack. These disparities are large, with an 80% difference in the propensity to die within 15 days between extreme regions. They may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025697