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large initially increase their employment density following trade liberalization. Second, there has also been an increased …
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The development of pre-industrial Europe was driven by the expansion of trade. This paper describes the patterns of … trade and shows how they can be understood in terms of differences in trading costs. It discusses how the different levels … of trade?from local to transoceanic-contributed, both quantitatively and qualitatively, to the process of growth …
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We propose and apply a new theory-consistent algorithm, which uses disaggregated inter-city trade data to identify a …
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We propose and apply a new theory-consistent algorithm, which uses disaggregated inter-city trade data to identify a …
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inter-city trade data, we identify a substantial centrality bias: Shipments from central places to their hinterland are 50 …
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effects are unclear, depending on the values of parameters and the level of trade costs. The Rawlsian and utilitarian welfare … not possible to set a preference order over the policy and no-policy case. However, over some range of trade costs a …
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Recent empirical tests for a spatial wage structure have confirmed regional accessibility to be a significant determinant for income, although estimates vary considerably with respect to the geographic scope of estimated demand linkages. Our study is the first to estimate spatial demand linkages...
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Regional labor markets are characterized by huge disparities of unemployment rates. Models of the New Economic Geography explain how disparities of regional goods markets endogenously arise but usually assume full employment. This paper discusses regional unemployment disparities by introducing...
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cities (spill-over effect) in China for the period between 1995 and 2009. Using spatial fixed-effect panel data models and …
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This paper provides empirical evidence that individual labor productivity significantly depends on the size of the local labor market in which a worker previously acquired work experience. The analysis uses German micro data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) on transitions to...
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