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The Capability to Reduce Inequality via STEM Occupations: The Case of Ecuador

Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between labor income inequality, higher education, and STEM occupations in Ecuador from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2019, considering techniques, degrees, and postgraduate education. It analyzes the “composition effect” and the “structural effect” using the recentered influence function (RIF).
Susana Herrero Olarte, Paul Carrillo‐Maldonado, Santiago Salazar, Jeniffer Rubio   +3 more
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The City as an Anti‐Growth Machine

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Logan and Molotch's “urban growth machine” remains foundational in urban theory, describing how coalitions of landowners, developers, and politicians promote urban growth to raise land values. This paper argues that under financialized capitalism, the dynamics have inverted: asset appreciation now outweighs productive investment, and urban ...
Petter Törnberg
wiley   +1 more source

Interações entre componentes regionais do sistema bancário nacional

GEOUSP: Espaço e Tempo, 2017
Autores pós-keynesianos esperavam que a atividade bancária agravasse a concentração regional no Brasil. Minha hipótese é que “a organização do espaço geoeconômico brasileiro influencia o crédito”, em vez de pressupor que “as finanças vêm influenciando a ...
Fernando Nogueira Costa
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Accelerating Just Energy Transitions in Brazil: Pathways for Social Development

Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This critical article analyzes energy poverty in Brazil from the theoretical perspective of distributive justice, proposing the implementation of a new social regulation called Contribution to Social Development. The goal is to support the process of a just energy transition leading to a broader debate on energy planning and social issues ...
Marcio Giannini Pereira, Harriet Thomson, Neilton Fidelis da Silva, Maria Luiza de M. Galvão, Dannyelle de Souza Nunes Vasconcelos, Jamila Lorena de Freitas Pereira Brasil   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesorregião Grande Fronteira do Mercosul: perfil locacional do desenvolvimento regional

Redes, 2010
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o perfil das desigualdades regionais na área de abrangência na região Grande Fronteira do Mercosul (GFM), através da mensuração do coeficiente de desenvolvimento regional e do padrão de localização do emprego formal. No
Jandir Ferrera de Lima, Paulo Henrique de Cezaro Eberhardt   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Roots of resilience: Assessing child and adolescent nature connectivity in the Mediterranean Region of Murcia (Spain)

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 378-391, February 2026.
Abstract Children today spend less time outdoors than previous generations, with potential consequences for health, learning and pro‐environmental attitudes. We assessed children's connection with and exposure to nature in a Mediterranean setting using the Nature Connection and Experience Index (NCEI), a composite measure that integrates an affective ...
Juan Antonio Ortega‐García, Francisco Díaz‐Martínez, Laura Teresa Cabrera‐Rivera, Carmen Alicia Cánovas‐Conesa, Elena Codina, Rebeca Ramis, Luz Claudio   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Limits of Depoliticized Water–Energy Diplomacy: Insights From the UAE–Israel–Jordan Water‐for‐Energy Deal

World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the rise and collapse of the 2021 United Arab Emirates (UAE)–Israel–Jordan Water‐for‐Energy Deal, a landmark initiative that sought to exchange Jordanian solar energy for Israeli desalinated water. Presented as a breakthrough in regional cooperation and environmental peacebuilding, the agreement was brokered under the ...
Majed Abu‐Zreig, Hussam Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

REGIONAL INEQUALITY AND GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INTERREGIONAL TRADE IN THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2015
Este artigo analisa o comércio por vias internas na Economia Brasileira, estimando o seu papel em termos da eficiência, desigualdade regional, além de considerações sobre o crescimento regional.
Aline Souza Magalhães, Edson Paulo Domingues, Geoffrey John Dennis Hewings   +2 more
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DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO E DESIGUALDADE REGIONAL: UMA DISCUSSÃO PARA O ESTADO DE RONDÔNIA

Revista UNEMAT de Contabilidade, 2016
O presente estudo tem o propósito de analisar o painel dos indicadores sociais para o estado de Rondônia. A orientação teórica utilizada na discussão envolve a multidimensionalidade da pobreza e aspectos da desigualdade social.
Cleiton Franco, Karine Medeiros Anunciato   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

HOW MUCH REGIONALLY DIFFERENTIATED IS THE PRIVATE EXPENDITURE IN EDUCATION IN BRAZIL? EVIDENCES FOR THE CASE OF METROPOLITAN REGIONS

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2015
Tendo em vista a importância das disparidades regionais de níveis de escolaridade para o entendimento das desigualdades regionais de renda no Brasil, o trabalho utiliza dados da Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (POF) dos anos de 1995/96 e 2002/03 para as ...
Tatiane Almeida de Menezes, Raul Silveira Neto   +1 more
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