Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the present study, we examined the impact of the net effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on biodiversity and ecological footprint productivity in 21 Latin American countries over a 32‐year period from 1990 to 2022. Additionally, we propose the hypothesis of ecological transition (ETH), which conceptualizes the asymmetric impact on ...
Gonzalo H. Soto +2 more
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On the determinants of local tax rates: new evidence from Spain [PDF]
This paper studies the determinants of local tax rates. For the two main local taxes in Spain - the property tax and the motor vehicle tax - we test the existence of tax mimicking, yardstick competition and political trends in a sample of 2,713 ...
Francisco J. Delgado +2 more
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Effect of Planning and Construction of Intercity Railways on the Economic Development of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration: An Analysis Based on the Spatial Durbin Model [PDF]
Yiming Deng, Xiumin Li, Jianming Zhu
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Female Education and Child Marriage
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
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Job Matching on non-separated Occupational Labour Markets [PDF]
This work refers to analyses of matching processes on occupational labour markets in Germany. Up to now, all studies in this field are based on the crucial assumption of separate occupational labour markets.
Michael Stops
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How Input Subsidies Boost Food Security in Developing Countries: Micro‐Level Evidence From Zambia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While previous studies have examined the effects of input subsidies on income and yields, we study their impact on food security, measured through household dietary diversity, a key dimension of nutritional well‐being—examined across specific pathways.
Terence Jude Wood +3 more
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Air pollution, general government public-health expenditures and income inequality: Empirical analysis based on the spatial Durbin model. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Wu J, Pu Y.
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Impact of green finance on carbon intensity-empirical research based on dynamic spatial Durbin model [PDF]
, 2022 Qiutong Guo +3 more
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Mapping the Determinants of Female Employment: Labour Market Areas and Spatial Spillovers
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the territorial determinants of female employment rates using labour market areas (LMAs) – functional units based on commuting patterns – to mitigate the Modifiable Area Unit Problem (MAUP). Drawing on detailed Spanish census microdata and spatial econometrics, we find that male unemployment negatively affects female ...
Raquel Simón‐Albert +3 more
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