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Of cities and slums
Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander; … - 2016
) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585843
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Planning ahead for better neighborhoods : long run evidence from Tanzania
Michaels, Guy; Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya; Rauch, Ferdinand; … - 2017
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735924
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Planning ahead for better neighborhoods : long run evidence from Tanzania
Michaels, Guy; Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya; Rauch, Ferdinand; … - 2017
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732097
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Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods : Long Run Evidence from Tanzania
Michaels, Guy - 2017
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946590
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Localização intraurbana das favelas brasileiras : o papel dos fatores geográficos
Nadalin, Vanessa Gapriotti; Mation, Lucas Ferreira - 2018
Despite being home to about 1 billion people (UN-Habitat, 2010) worldwide slums have received little attention in the … economic literature. Data on slums is scarce and few studies have investigated the emergence of these pockets of poverty and … combining Census, terrain topography and water bodies data for Brazil. Thus, we provide the first consistent estimates on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873329
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Of Cities and Slums
Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti - 2019
) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210462
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Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods : Long Run Evidence from Tanzania
Michaels, Guy - 2017
What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study “Sites and Services” projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during the 1970s and 1980s, half of which provided infrastructure in previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944884
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Labor demand shocks and housing prices across the US : does one size fit all?
Osei, Michael J.; Winters, John V. - 2018
This paper examines whether effects of labor demand shocks on housing prices vary across time and space. Using data on 321 US metropolitan statistical areas, we estimate the medium- and long-run effects of increases in metropolitan statistical area-level employment and total labor income on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880374
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Improving well-being through better housing policy in New Zealand
Barker, Andrew - 2019
New Zealand’s housing supply has not kept pace with rising demand, including from net immigration. Affordability has worsened, particularly for low-income renters. Government action is underway to allow new housing through initiatives such as the Urban Growth Agenda, KiwiBuild and the Housing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111105
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Housing policies for sustainable and inclusive cities : how national governments can deliver affordable housing and compact urban development
Moreno, Ana Isabel; Gars, Jared; Matsumoto, Tadashi; … - 2020
In a context marked by rapid urbanisation, growing housing demand and the worsening impacts of climate change, national governments play a vital role in delivering environmentally sustainable cities with adequate and affordable housing. This paper reviews national housing policy instruments from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230632