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Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
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Women's Health Reports, 2020 Objective: About one-half of all U.S. counties lack obstetrician?gynecologist (ob-gyns) physicians especially in rural areas. The objective of this study was to use experience in our state to identify demographic and practice characteristics ...
William F. Rayburn +2 more
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Adapting Urban Water Systems to Manage Scarcity in the 21st Century: The Case of Los Angeles. [PDF]
, 2019 Acute water shortages for large metropolitan regions are likely to become more frequent as climate changes impact historic precipitation levels and urban population grows. California and Los Angeles County have just experienced a severe four year drought
Gillespie, Thomas +8 more
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Minimum Wages and Homelessness
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Economic theory offers competing predictions about how minimum wage policies might affect homelessness. While minimum wages might reduce homelessness by raising incomes, they could also trigger employment disruptions and negative income shocks identified in the literature as proximate causes of homelessness.
Seth J. Hill
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Demographic Research, 2010 This study investigates the disproportionate impact of mortality among United States troops in Iraq on rural communities. We advance scholarly research and popular accounts that suggest a non-metropolitan disadvantage by disaggregating the risk of ...
Katherine Curtis, Collin Payne
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Economic Development Benefits of Preschool Expansion in Kalamazoo County [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County on the county’s economic development. Effects on the county’s economic development are defined as effects on the employment and earnings of county residents. The estimated effects
Timothy J. Bartik
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Strengthening urban deer management with structured decision making
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Urban deer management (UDM) decision‐makers face social, ecological, regulatory, and economic pressures when creating an agreeable deer management plan for stakeholders. Historically, decision making techniques (e.g. consensus‐based analyses) have not effectively balanced UDM elements leading to short‐lived management progress.
Shane D. Boehne +6 more
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Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area [PDF]
, 2006 This report estimates the taxes paid by immigrants in the Washington, D.C., area in 1999-2000 and documents their demographics, household composition, income, and dispersal across jurisdictions in the region.
Everett Henderson +3 more
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Multiterminal High‐Voltage Direct Current Projects: A Comprehensive Assessment and Future Prospects
High Voltage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multiterminal high‐voltage direct current (MT‐HVDC) systems are an important part of modern power systems, addressing the need for bulk power delivery and efficient renewable energy integration. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in MT‐HVDC technology, including launched projects and ongoing initiatives.
Mohammad Hossein Mousavi +3 more
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The Estimate of Territorial Development Potential using Criterions and Specific Economic Indicators. Case Study Galati County [PDF]
Risk in Contemporary Economy, 2012 This paper has proposed to study potential peripheral areas of the Municipality of Galati, Galati County to set up a metropolitan area that is a vector of development for towns and villages in the area.
Daniela Ancuta SARPE +2 more
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