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Shuitu Baochi Xuebao[Objective] Water and land resources are important factors of production for urban development. It is of great significance to explore the key factors in the utilization of water and soil resources in urban agglomerations in the middle reaches of the ...
LU Shibao +4 more
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Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
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Minimum Wages and Homelessness
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Economic theory offers competing predictions about how minimum wage policies might affect homelessness. While minimum wages might reduce homelessness by raising incomes, they could also trigger employment disruptions and negative income shocks identified in the literature as proximate causes of homelessness.
Seth J. Hill
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Ethanol Plant Location Determinants and County Comparative Advantage [PDF]
The location of ethanol plants is determined by infrastructure, product and input markets, fiscal attributes of local communities, and state and federal incentives.
English, Alicia +3 more
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Proposals for Flashflood Management in Western Argentina: Case Study: The Metropolitan Area of Greater Mendoza [PDF]
, 2014 Las cuencas hidrográficas situadas en el oeste del Gran Mendoza (Argentina) son ejemplos típicos de las zonas directa o indirectamente afectadas por inundaciones repentinas.
Lauro, Carolina +3 more
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, 2013 Towns and cities existed throughout Africa’s past. However since the late twentieth century Africans are witnessing a historically unprecedented transition from living mainly in rural areas to residing in cities.
Meier Zu Selhausen, Felix
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A majority of deaths associated with air pollution are attributed to cardiovascular and heart diseases. Carbon black that represents the carbon core of particulate matter, a major component of air pollution, has been shown to result in cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction.
William E. Mullen +4 more
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Bedrock Depth and the Formation of the Manhattan Skyline, 1890-1915 [PDF]
Skyscrapers in Manhattan need to be anchored to bedrock to prevent (possibly uneven) settling. This can potentially increase construction costs if the bedrock lies deep below the surface.
Jason Barr +2 more
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Africapolis (English version): Urbanization study in West Africa (1950-2020) [PDF]
, 2008 http://www.afd.fr/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/home/publications/NotesetEtudes/AfricapolisMore than 2,558 agglomerations have been identified on the ground, although only those with more than 10,000 inhabitants were classified as ”urban” to ensure that the ...
Chatel, Catherine +5 more
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The Property Tax Exemption for Nonprofits [PDF]
, 2008 This paper reviews the existing literature on the property tax exemption for nonprofit organizations and identifies gaps to be addressed in future research.
David L. Sjoquist, Rayna Stoycheva
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