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Can the Services Sector Be an Engine of Economic Growth for the Philippines? [PDF]
With the services sector outpacing the Philippines' manufacturing sector in terms of growth and contribution to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) for decades now, is it prudent, as some quarters propose, for the government to "abandon" the ...
del Prado, Fatima, Yap, Josef T.
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to nationalism studies by demonstrating how states use failure as a governance tool to regulate national belonging and by showing how people experience and reinterpret failure in ways that unsettle dominant national imaginaries.
Lena Hercberga, Alina Jašina‐Schäfer
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The Travails of Unification: East Germany's Economic Transition since 1990 [PDF]
The former German Democratic Republic underwent a unique post-communist transition because it was absorbed into the wealthy Federal Republic of Germany and has received massive subsidies.
Maier, Charles S.
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines long‐run unconditional convergence of labour productivity in manufacturing across 48 contiguous U.S. states. We construct a detailed panel data set of state‐industry pairs with over 120 industries covering the period 1880–2007.
Alexander Klein +2 more
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NEW SOCIAL RISKS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN AREA [PDF]
New social risks are key factors for social cohesion of local community and society. Currently new social risks which are caused by changes in a society appears more frequently than efore.
Ivana Foldynova, Lubor Hruska-Tvrdy
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Erasing Red Lines: Part 1 - Geographies of Discrimination [PDF]
, 2019 Since at least the 1930s, the City of Buffalo, New York has been spatially and socially divided. While certain mixed use and residential communities across the map have shown remarkable resilience—and thrived—during the City’s history of ...
Weaver, Rusty
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Where Did Development Economics Come From?
Development and Change, EarlyView.
Eric Helleiner
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Housing in “intramural favelas”
Cidades, Comunidades e Território, 2018 This paper develops a deeper look into new residential appropriations of space in marginalized areas of a large Brazilian city, while highlighting the subjective importance of housing and its meaning beyond the idea of shelter.
Cláudia Seldin, Juliana Canedo
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Escaping the Catastrophic Logic of Separation. [PDF]
Health Equity, 2023 Fullilove MT.
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Personality traits (e.g., the Big Five) shape human behavior, decision‐making, and life outcomes. Evidence from various countries suggests that these traits are not randomly distributed but follow systematic regional patterns, fueling interest in their geographical variation.
Martin Obschonka +6 more
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