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Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation : Cause or Effect?
Felbermayr, Gabriel - 2012
In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as … well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two … countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for a disaggregated view of migration that distinguishes between different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098128
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Why Some Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region
Fakih, Ali - 2013
This paper analyzes the exporting behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. It specifically examines the factors that determine the probability of exporting and the export intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087412
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Southern African Economic Integration : Evidence from an Augmented Gravity Model
Warin, Thierry - 2009
This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157533
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A New Regional Geography of Europe?The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargements
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper provides a critical overview and a detailed research agenda for scholarsinterested in regional studies with a special focus on old and new European Union memberstates. The focus is on the microeconomic foundations of structural change and its spatiallyasymmetric impact on labour...
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Spatial Interactions
Kim, Jun; Patacchini, Eleonora; Picard, Pierre M.; … - 2022
This paper studies how the strength of social ties are affected by the geographical location of other individuals and their social capital. We characterize the equilibrium in terms of both social interactions and social capital. We show that lower travel costs increase not only the interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081945
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Optimal Travel Restrictions in Epidemics
Shi, Wei; Qiu, Yun; Yu, Pei; Chen, Xi - 2022
Travel restrictions are often imposed to limit the spread of infectious diseases. As uniform restrictions can be inefficient and incur unnecessarily high costs, this paper examines the optimal design of restrictions that target specific travel routes. We propose a model with trade-offs between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083692
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The Isolated States of America : Home State Bias, State Identity, and the Impact of State Borders on Mobility
Wilson, Riley - 2022
I document a new empirical pattern of internal mobility in the United States. Namely, county-to-county migration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083757
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Varying Youth Cohort Effects on Regional Labour Market Outcomes in Germany
de Graaff, Thomas - 2018
We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by −0.2%. We challenge the assumption that cohort size effects...
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Does Juan Carlos or Nelson Obtain a Larger Price Cut in the Spanish Housing Market?
Nicodemo, Catia - 2018
Using a unique dataset a non-parametric decomposition, we determined whether immigrants with native name, immigrants with foreign name and natives have different outcomes in Spain's housing market. Results suggest there are significant price discounts for immigrants with native names relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910743
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Economic Geography of Contagion : A Study on COVID-19 Outbreak in India
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban - 2021
We propose a regional inequality-based mechanism to explain the heterogeneity in the spread of Covid-19 and test it using data from India. We argue that a core-periphery economic structure is likely to increase the spread of infection because it involves movement of goods and people across the...
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