The Lucrative Impact of Trade-Related Infrastructure: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Replication of:“Meta-analysis of the effect of fiscal policies on long-run growth”(European Journal of Political Economy, 2004)
Links between internal and international migration
ABSTRACT Amongst the range of dichotomies that divide migration studies, perhaps the most signifi... more ABSTRACT Amongst the range of dichotomies that divide migration studies, perhaps the most significant is that between internal and international migration. This essay is a modest contribution to narrowing this divide and, to this end, it does three things. First, it maps out some of the key differences, similarities, and links between these two migration types. Second, building on previous literature, it presents a perspective that could provide a platform which would integrate the study of internal and international migration. And, third, it illustrates these analyses with empirical material from research in Albania. The article argues for an integrative approach of both migration types, particularly imperative from the perspective of less developed countries, where internal and international trajectories are integral parts of the complex livelihood strategies for individuals and households.
The impact of scale and remoteness on New Zealand's industrial structure and firm performance
Migration impact assessment: new horizons
A non-linear dynamic model of spatial economic development and R&D policy
This paper addresses the issue of economic development from the perspective of productivity incre... more This paper addresses the issue of economic development from the perspective of productivity increases generated by technological progress emerging from R&D expenditures. The long-run evolutionary path of spatial systems (countries, regions, cities etc.) is analyzed by means of a multi-regional dynamic (discrete-time) model incorporating the spatial transfer of technological change. While a positive feedback exists between R&D and economic growth,
Migration and Human Capital: Regional and Global Perspectives
The influence of ethnic segregation and school mobility in primary education on high school dropout–Evidence from regression discontinuity at a contextual tipping point
The demographic profile of a region is usually seen as a slowly changing background phenomenon in... more The demographic profile of a region is usually seen as a slowly changing background phenomenon in the analysis of regional competitiveness and regional growth. However, regional demographic change can have a significant impact on regional competitiveness and such change is often more rapid and profound than at the national level. In turn, regional population size, growth, composition and distribution are
Globalization and the borderless economy: Perspectives for a twenty-first century regional science
Regional cohesion and …, 2000
Homeownership and New Zealand labour market flexibility: a spatial perspective
ABSTRACT Since the early 1990s, the proportion of New Zealand households living in owner occupied... more ABSTRACT Since the early 1990s, the proportion of New Zealand households living in owner occupied dwellings has declined markedly. Over the same period there has been a decline in the long-run rate of unemployment. Several demand, supply and institutional factors are responsible for the downward trend in unemployment, but this paper investigates the possible connection with homeownership. Andrew Oswald argued in a series of working papers in the 1990s that homeownership is detrimental to labour market flexibility because of transaction costs that home owners must incur when a job change necessitates a change of residence. An extensive theoretical and empirical literature on this hypothesis has emerged internationally, including in Australia. Using econometric models for panel data, we find evidence supporting the Oswald hypothesis - based on 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001 census data for labour market areas. However, other contributions to this literature using regional data suffer potentially from misspecification due to a common absence of accounting for the influence of spatial autocorrelation and/or spatially lagged unemployment rates. We find strong support for the robustness of the Oswald hypothesis under the assumptions of spatial econometric models.
Creating Futures Spatial Decision Support System Final Specifications–DRAFT Do Not Copy or Distribute
Choosing Regional Futures is a 4-year project funded by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, ... more Choosing Regional Futures is a 4-year project funded by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. The project brings together an interdisciplinary team consisting of a key end user (Environment Waikato) and social, environmental and economic ...
Geography, transactions costs and economic performance
Regional cohesion and competition in the age of globalization
Population forecasting with endogenous migration: An application to Trans-Tasman migration
International Regional Science …, 1999
"This article focuses on forecasting migration between Australia and New Zealand (trans-... more "This article focuses on forecasting migration between Australia and New Zealand (trans-Tasman migration), which is largely visa-free and therefore resembles internal migration. Net trans-Tasman migration is a major component of New Zealand population change and is embedded in this article in a Bayesian or unrestricted vector autoregression (VAR) model, which includes foreign and domestic economic variables. When time series of net migration are available, this approach provides a useful input into forecasting population growth in the short run in the absence of major policy changes. This conclusion applies equally to interregional migration and to unrestricted international migration between economically integrated nations."
Unemployment remains a major economic and social problem in many developed economies. This paper ... more Unemployment remains a major economic and social problem in many developed economies. This paper provides theoretical and empirical perspectives on the impact of labour market deregulation as a means of combatting unemployment and of enhancing competitive wage determination. The paper focusses specifically on The Netherlands and New Zealand, two small open economies in which unemployment rates reduced to half their
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions... more Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration resulting in economic costs, particularly with
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