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Integration, Agglomeration and Welfare
Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - 2004
This paper studies the social desirability of agglomeration and the efficiency arguments for policy intervention in a simple, analytically solvable ?new economic geography? model with two trade integrating regions. The location pattern emerging as market equilibrium is ?bubbleshaped?, i.e. it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262068
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The Role of Regulation and Regional Government Quality for High Growth Firms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Amoroso, Sara; Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2023
High growth firms (HGFs) are important for job creation and considered to be precursors of economic growth. We investigate how product- and labor-market regulations, as well as the quality of regional governments that implement these regulations, affect HGF development across European regions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469596
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Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Canzian, Giulia; Poy, Samuele; Schüller, Simone - 2015
This article analyzes the causal impact of advanced broadband accessibility on firm performance. We exploit a unique local policy intervention of a staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), generating a source of exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401687
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Implications of the Polish 1999 Administrative Reform for Regional Socio-Economic Development
Myck, Michal; Najsztub, Mateusz - 2019
On 1 January 1999, four major reforms took effect in Poland in the areas of health, education, pensions and local administration. After 20 years, only in the last case does the original structural design remain essentially unchanged. We examine the implications of this reform from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005923
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Does College Location Affect the Location Choice of New College Graduates? Evidence from China
Huang, Mian; Xing, Chunbing; Cui, Xiaoyong - 2019
Based on a representative survey of new college graduates in China, we examine the impact of college location on their location choice upon graduation. We use a discrete choice model and the BLP method to solve the endogeneity problem of housing cost and to estimate the unobservable location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059192
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Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262738
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Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262780
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The Determinants of the Geographic Concentration among Immigrants: Application to Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively … related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in … the country of origin and the place of residence in Australia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262788
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Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the ?first? occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262795
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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262797