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Specialization, Diversity, and Indian Manufacturing Growth

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

This paper examines the specialization and diversity of manufacturing industries within Indian districts. Prior to … India's recent economic growth and liberalization, specialization levels in 1989 were substantially higher than similar … metrics calculated for the United States. From 1989 to 2010, average specialization levels for Indian districts declined to a …

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Firms? Locational Choice and Infrastructure Development in Tanzania : Instrumental Variable Spatial Autoregressive Model

Iimi, Atsushi - 2017

Agglomeration economies are among the most important factors in increasing firm productivity. However, there is little evidence supportive of this in Africa. Using the firm registry database in Tanzania, this paper examines a new application of the logit approach with two empirical issues taken...

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A Dynamic Spatial Model of Rural-Urban Transformation with Public Goods

Biller, Dan - 2017

This paper develops a dynamic model that explains the pattern of population and production allocation in an economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population living in the city and urban firms become more productive when...

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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia

Iimi, Atsushi - 2017

Agriculture remains an important economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Among others, transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in Africa. In theory, railways have a particularly important role to play in shipping...

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Place-Based Policies for Development

Duranton, Gilles - 2018

Many development policies, such as placement of infrastructure or local economic development schemes, are "place-based." Such policies are generally intended to stimulate private sector investment and economic growth in the treated place, and as such they are difficult to appraise and evaluate....

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Migration in Libya : A Spatial Network Analysis

Di Maio, Michele - 2020

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses this unique source of data, combining several techniques...

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Spatial Autocorrelation Panel Regression : Agricultural Production and Transport Connectivity

Iimi, Atsushi - 2018

Spatial analysis in economics is becoming increasingly important as more spatial data and innovative data mining technologies are developed. Even in Africa, where data often crucially lack quality analysis, a variety of spatial data have recently been developed, such as highly disaggregated crop...

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Diversity Matters - The Economic Geography of Industry Location in India

Lall, Somik V. - 2017

How does economic geography influence industrial production and thereby affect industrial location decisions and the spatial distribution of development? For manufacturing industry, what are the externalities that matter, and to what extent? Are these externalities spatially localized? The...

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Effects of the 2008–09 Economic Crisis on Labor Markets in Mexico

Freije-Rodriguez, Samuel; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; … - 2020

The 2008-09 economic crisis has had a long-lasting negative impact on the Mexican economy. This paper examines labor market dynamics in Mexico in light of the crisis. The labor market has been characterized in recent years by low relative unemployment, but high levels of informal jobs,...

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How is the Internet Changing Labor Market Arrangements? Evidence from Telecommunications Reforms in Europe

Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose - 2017

This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that are technologically more dependent on information and...

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