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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Intersectional equity in Brazil's remote rural municipalities: the road to efficiency and effectiveness in local health systems. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Schenkman S, Bousquat A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
wiley   +1 more source

Municipal officials' subjective distress in coordinating with the national government during the decontamination project of radioactive materials in Fukushima: A qualitative study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hidaka T, Kakamu T, Kasuga H, Suzuki Y, Terui T, Kawamoto S, Sato T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Brokers, Collaborators and Knowledge Translators: Expanding the Role of Research Assistants in Geographic Research

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork‐based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings together scholarship in feminist geography and critical development studies to reposition RAs as brokers, collaborators, and knowledge translators.
Zali Fung
wiley   +1 more source

An effective multi-step feature selection framework for clinical outcome prediction using electronic medical records. [PDF]

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
Wang H, Zhang M, Mai L, Li X, Bellou A, Wu L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Commercial practices of the arms industry and implications for global public health: a scoping review. [PDF]

Global Health
Meciar S, Gleeson D, Pizzino S, Teimouri N, Cullerton K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in India

, 2015
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond glycolysis: multifunctional roles of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases in plants. [PDF]

Hortic Res
Cao Y, Hong J, Wang H, Lin M, Cai Y, Liao L, Li X, Han Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source