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Life‐Cycle Wage Growth and Internal Migration

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I document new facts on life‐cycle wage growth within three countries: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. In every case, I find that experience–wage profiles are steeper in rich states. Differences in education and industry mix can account for a large share of the covariance between income and profile steepness in both developing countries,
Alberto Rivera‐Padilla
wiley   +1 more source

Districting in last‐mile delivery with stochastic customers

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Due to the peculiarities of city streets, last‐mile logistics is typically organized using territory‐based routing approaches, which divide the city into a set of districts and assign drivers to deliver in one or more of them. This allows drivers to develop a deep understanding of the characteristics of each district, and clients benefit from ...
Maria Elena Bruni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Structure and Productivity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Recent concepts as megaregions and polycentric urban regions emphasize that external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but shared among a collection of close-by and linked cities.
Burger, M.J. (Martijn)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Barriers to Rural Midwifery: An Integrative Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the types of barriers that midwives face when practicing or attempting to practice in rural and remote locations. Design An integrative review using the Ecological Systems Theory. Methods The review was guided by Whitmore and Knafl. Included studies were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal tool.
Madison Friesen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban productivity advantages from job search and matching [PDF]

open access: yes
Densely populated areas tend to be more productive. Of course, the cost of living and producing in these locations is higher because congestion raises the cost of scarce fixed resources such as land.
Jeffrey Lin
core  

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