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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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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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Escaping the Catastrophic Logic of Separation. [PDF]
Fullilove MT.
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Ruth Glass: London's Gentrification Urban Visionary
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the contribution made by Ruth Glass to our understanding of gentrification and class change in London. It argues that not only was she remarkably ahead of her time in identifying and naming this important new phenomenon over 60 years ago, but that her discussion of the social and housing market impacts of gentrification ...
Chris Hamnett
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The Changing Geographies of Ageing and Age Mixing Across Urban–Rural Areas in Scotland, 2011–2022
ABSTRACT Like other high‐income countries, Scotland is experiencing rapid population ageing, with evidence of spatial polarisation of age groups. This study uses the Scottish Censuses of 2011 and 2022 to understand patterns and trends in the geographies of ageing and age mixing.
Rachel Z. Wilkie +5 more
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ABSTRACT The diversification of young people's life trajectories in Europe over the past 50 years has been significantly influenced by more uncertain social and economic conditions, marked by high youth unemployment and increasing job insecurity. In Italy, precariousness has propagated unevenly across regions and social strata, particularly affecting ...
Francesca Tosi +2 more
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Abstract Numerous studies have examined how urban expansion exacerbates Surface Urban Heat Island intensity (SUHII), yet limited attention has been paid to whether and how urban shrinkage mitigates SUHII. This study employed multiple models to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of surface urban heat island (SUHI) and its driving factors in 89 ...
Haojian Deng +5 more
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Pakistan: A Case of Premature Deindustrialization?
While “deindustrialization” is now considered normal for developed countries, recent trends show that many developing countries have seen their share of manufacturing employment peak at far earlier levels of income than in advanced countries.
Naved Hamid, Maha Khan
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In the deindustrialized glass-working region of the Vosges du Nord in the Pays de Bitche, Meisenthal, a village nestled in a valley, has recreated its production tool through a process of patrimonialization.
Arnaud Kaba
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Abstract In this article we apply Wacquant's conceptualization of the ghetto to an analysis of interviews conducted with Roma people living in the state‐enforced camps of Turin, Italy. We illustrate how the elements characterizing a ghetto according to Wacquant (i.e.
Vincenzo Romania, Tommaso Bertazzo
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