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Regional economic disparities, spatial dependence and proximity structures
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, Page 1034-1050, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Since some decades, inequality has been attracting a growing interest within political debate as well as in theoretical and empirical studies. Considering inequality at a regional level offers useful insights for policy makers, facilitating the assessment of the effectiveness of strategies aimed at reducing regional disparities and helping in ...
Alfredo Cartone +2 more
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Improving protected area effectiveness through consideration of different human‐pressure baselines
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Previous assessments of the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) focused primarily on changes in human pressure over time and did not consider the different human‐pressure baselines of PAs, thereby potentially over‐ or underestimating PA effectiveness.
Chun‐Ting Feng +9 more
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The macroeconomic impact of COVID‐19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach
Journal of International Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 823-860, May 2022., 2022 Abstract This study assesses the economic costs of COVID‐19 and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique. We use a social accounting matrix multiplier analysis to estimate the effects of the pandemic on the economy. Our simulations suggest that the Mozambican economy lost 3.6 percentage points of GDP growth in 2020 and that ...
Rosario Betho +6 more
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New evidence on measuring the geographical concentration of economic activities
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 59-79, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Spatial interactions among regional units may influence the geographical distribution of economic activities. Many traditional measures of geographical concentration fail in capturing this aspect, being insensitive to permutations of the spatial position of regions.
Domenica Panzera +2 more
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Growth and inequality in the Mexican states: Regimes, thresholds, and traps
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1295-1322, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Using the inter‐regional economic inequality index and the gross state product per capita for the Mexican states over the period 1940–2015, we apply regime dynamics and hierarchical cluster analysis for segmenting the sample into regimes of Mexican states with similar performance.
Juan Gabriel Brida +3 more
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Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 1217-1256, September 2021., 2021 Abstract Empirical distributions of top incomes suffer from statistical problems affecting the measurement of inequality and its trend. Researchers and practitioners have been increasingly noting parametric regularities across income distributions and turning to parametric functions to approximate or supplement the observed distributions, both for ...
Vladimir Hlasny
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Falling through the Cracks: Digital Infrastructures of Social Protection in Ecuador
Development and Change, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 805-828, July 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT While cash transfers gain prominence as a response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, there is a strong impulse to regard them as a stepping‐stone towards the formalization of employment and universalization of social protection. This contribution problematizes how populations in informality are included in narrowly targeted social assistance ...
María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña
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ÍNDICE DE DESARROLLO HUMANO Y COEFICIENTE DE GINI DEL ESTADO Y CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 2020 [PDF]
, 2022 El coeficiente de Gini es el índice de medición de desigualdad más aceptado y utilizado debido su fácil comprensión. Por su parte, el Índice de Desarrollo Humano es el único capaz de medir el bienestar de los pobladores dado el surgimiento del concepto ...
ROBLES GARCÍA, SAIDA MONSERRAT +1 more
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Economía, Sociedad y Territorio, 2016 En esta investigación se muestra –a partir de los cálculos con microdatos de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares– con la metodología de descomposición de los índices de desigualdad de Gini, Mehran y Piesch, cómo los “programas ...
Genaro Aguilar-Gutiérrez
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Análise socioeconômica da população rural paranaense entre 2004 e 2014
Cadernos de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, 2023 O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar as mudanças ocorridas na população rural paranaense entre 2004 e 2014. Para tal, foram analisadas características da população e dos domicílios rurais paranaenses por meio de análises descritivas e utilização de ...
Roger Alexandre Rossoni +2 more
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