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Revista CEAObjetivo: analizar el impacto de los mecanismos fiscales en la reducción de las desigualdades económicas en y entre países de diferente nivel de ingreso.
Juan José Espinal Piedrahita +4 more
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American Anthropologist, Volume 125, Issue 4, Page 865-879, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Construction booms have dominated Albania's economy and politics since the late 1990s. These booms continued even during times of illiquidity. One of the sources of financing construction in Albania is the practice of klering (in‐kind payments).
Smoki Musaraj
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 2274-2294, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper draws on behavioural economic geography to identify the factors affecting uneven development. It uses the lens of economic competitiveness and addresses the association between differences in human behavioural traits and competitiveness in the context of localities across the United Kingdom. It focusses on the policy requirement for
Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson
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Remotely too equal: Popular DMSP night‐time lights data understate spatial inequality
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 2106-2125, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Regional science and economics studies increasingly use the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) night‐time lights data to measure spatial inequality. These DMSP data are a poor proxy in this context because of their spatially mean‐reverting errors, which yield significantly lower inequality estimates than what subnational GDP data ...
Xiaoxuan Zhang +2 more
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The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 1110-1140, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Whereas manufacturing seems to hold the key to modern economic growth, the role of manufacturing in economy‐wide convergence across countries is debatable. One strand of scholarship argues that productivity levels in manufacturing tend to remain stable across countries, and that economy‐wide convergence takes place through structural ...
Cecilia Lara, Svante Prado
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Evaluating global interest in biodiversity and conservation
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 5, October 2023., 2023 Abstract The first target of the Convention for Biological Diversity (Aichi target 1) was to increase public awareness of the values of biodiversity and actions needed to conserve it—a key prerequisite for other conservation targets. Monitoring success in achieving this target at a global scale has been difficult; however, increased digitization of ...
Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano +5 more
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Desigualdades económicas y políticas públicas para alcanzar el desarrollo local [PDF]
, 2023 El presente trabajo analiza la relación existente entre las desigualdades económicas y las políticas públicas. El objetivo del presente estudio radica en analizar la relación existente entre las desigualdades económicas y políticas públicas para la ...
Ceballos Povedano, Rosiluz +2 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 6, Page 1299-1316, August 2023., 2023 Abstract The biggest barrier to an egalitarian Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) appears to be deeply ingrained structural obstacles and gender imbalances. The significant prevalence of gender inequities, which have both structural and economic ramifications, must be addressed if SSA is committed to achieving the Africa 2063 Agenda (the Africa we want) and ...
Wycliffe Obwori Alwago
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 387-402, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Early childhood educational development (ECED) is increasingly recognized as a crucial period for human development. We studied the relation of cultural capital, economic capital, and participation in center‐based ECED at a local level. We used a high‐quality national database, collecting data from 103 Italian provinces.
Enrico Ripamonti
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Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 1721-1733, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Postdisaster daily stressors, the economic and social challenges caused or exacerbated by disasters, have significant consequences for mental health but are rarely investigated in child and adolescent populations. We assessed posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and anxiety among adolescents affected by disasters in China and ...
Elizabeth A. Newnham +6 more
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