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Spatial Concentration of Manufacturing Firms in China

Brakman, Steven - 2014

Applying the methodology developed by Duranton and Overman (2005, 2008), we analyze localization and dispersion of firms in China. Using a unique and detailed dataset on manufacturing firms in China, we are able to follow the changes in location patterns of firms between 2002 and 2008. Our...

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The Geography of Natural Resources, Ethnic Inequality and Development

Lessmann, Christian - 2017

We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...

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Regional Inequality and Decentralization - An Empirical Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2011

This paper analyzes the impact of political and fiscal decentralization on regional inequalities using a unique data set which covers 56 countries at different stages of economic development. Cross-section and panel data estimations show that decentralization decreases regional inequalities in...

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Regional Inequality and Internal Conflict

Lessmann, Christian - 2013

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal con-flicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level re- gional...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality : A Panel Data Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2013

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Countries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...

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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

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Spatial Inequality and Development - is There an Inverted-U Relationship?

Lessmann, Christian - 2021

This paper studies the hypothesis of an inverted-U-shaped relationship between spatial inequality and economic development. The theory of Kuznets (1955) and Williamson (1965) suggests that (spatial) inequality first increases in the process of development, then peaks, and then decreases. To test...

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Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2021

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2021

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered “balanced” from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …

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Geography Rules Too! Economic Development and the Geography of Institutions

Bosker, Erik Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2021

To explain cross-country income differences, research has recently focused on the so-called deep determinants of economic development, notably institutions and geography. This paper sheds a different light on these determinants. We use spatial econometrics to analyse the importance of the...

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