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Belize Rural Development Programme (BRDP): Strategy, achievements and lessons learnt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avila,   Marcelino.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Belize; 9th EDF; Agriculture; Rural development; Poverty reduction; Small and micro enterprises; Empowerment of stakeholders; Institutional strengthening; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122666

Factors Influencing the Temporal Diffusion of Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.
This paper examines the shifting influence of household characteristics and telecommunications infrastructure on the residential broadband adoption decision for Oklahoma residents between 2003 and 2006. In particular, the spread of wired telecommunications infrastructure (namely cable Internet and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)) is examined, along with the effect that this diffusion has had on broadband access rates. The data indicates that the gap in broadband access rates between rural and urban areas has remained relatively constant over this period despite increased levels of cable and DSL throughout the state. In addition, an inter-temporal decomposition shows that the increasing levels of infrastructure are not the dominant cause of higher broadband...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Temporal Diffusion; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; O18; C1.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6934

Austrian Border Regions and Eastern Integration A Low Competitiveness - High Growth Paradoxon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mayerhofer,   Peter.
Many regions on the EU Eastern borders have developed favourably after the opening up of the border and the implementation of association agreements with the CEECs. This was often seen as a positive sign for the further perspectives of these regions after EU enlargement. In this paper we take a closer look at the mechanisms involved in a case study for Austria. Based on a very disaggregated data set at a regional as well as sectoral level we find that neither sectoral preconditions nor locational advantages can explain the good performance of (rural) border regions after 1989. Using multivariate cluster analyses we group 3-digit-industries to theoretically founded typologies indicating different sector characteristics and find that (fast growing) rural...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Border Regions; Integration; EU Enlargement; Regional Competitiveness; Austria; International Relations/Trade; F02; F15; R11; R12.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26234

Hobby Farms and Protection of Farmland in British Columbia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stobbe,   Tracy; Eagle,   Alison J.; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hobby farmers; Agricultural Land Reserve; Geographical Information System; Urban-rural fringe; Zoning systems; Farmland fragmentation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; R11; R15; C50; R14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37048

Fiscal Trends: Implications for the Rural South
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Li,   Haizhen.
Key demographic trends in the rural South over the next decade-the aging of the population as baby boomers enter retirement, continued migration to the South, and rapid increases in shares of Hispanic residents-may have profound consequences for the financing of rural community public services.  In this paper, we provide an overview of demographic and economic trends that are expected to influence the ability of rural communities to provide essential public services.  In addition, we provide econometric evidence on the impacts that these trends are likely to have on the financing of K-12 education in South Carolina.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demographic trends; Fiscal trends; Government services; Rural South; R11; R23; R51.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37958

THE STRUGGLE FOR BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dickes,   Lori A.; Lamie,   R. David; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Digital Divide; Economic Development; Infrastructure; Rural Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; L96; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100800

Determinants of Youth Poverty: A Zip Code Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Misra,   Kaustav; Debertin,   David L.
Estimation of Gini coefficients for various age groups indicates that Kentucky youth population is at risk. The paper determines the factors affecting youth poverty, employing Zip Code data. Analysis of outcomes provides suggestions for the policymakers to limit youth poverty in Kentucky.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Youth; Poverty; Zip Code; Gini coefficient; Lorenz curve; Logit model; Food Security and Poverty; I32; I39; R11.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34899

Changes in rural areas of Ukraine: problems and opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moroz,   Serhiy Mykolayovych.
The paper describes the main tendencies and perspectives of development of rural areas in Ukraine. It emphasizes that the key reason of existing socio-economic issues in rural regions is the absence of well-defined rural development policy. Thus, it is necessary for Ukraine to implement long-term rural policy, as it takes place in countries of the European Union. Rural development should be based on the territorial approach. The special attention should be paid to the creation of local action groups. Hence, it is essential to introduce a program, similar to the LEADER initiative, to use local possibilities, and to implement the bottom-up approach for the solution of rural issues. Also, special strategies should be developed to expand non-farm rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rural policy; Ukraine; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94624

Theme Overview: Rural Wealth Creation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Weber,   Bruce A.; Fawbush,   Wayne.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community; Development; Economic; Prosperity; Rural; Wealth; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R12.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122799

Factors affecting farm productivity in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia after the EU-accession and likely structural impacts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campos,   Monica; Jaklic,   Tina; Juvancic,   Luka.
The paper is investigating the recent evolution of farm productivity in five EU New Member States (NMS): Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovenia. More precisely, the paper deals with determinants influencing farm productivity in a changing market and policy environment brought by their full integration to the CAP. With a combination of multivariate statistics and econometric techniques, it attempts to identify and explain the patterns of agricultural labour productivity change in the period 2003-2005. Results suggest that adjustment patterns are diverging and are region-specific, depending mainly on the initial farm structural conditions, and availability of non-farm jobs. Policy implications of the paper suggest that agricultural policy should...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural adjustment; Farm productivity; Farming types; EU-accession; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95315

USING CLUSTER ANALYSIS IN MEASURING SOCIAL DOMAIN OF TERRITORIAL BRAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baskakova,   Irina; Stepanova,   Zlata.
Territorial brand has a social dimension reflected in the social equilibrium and measurable with social effectiveness indicators. The paper offers social effectiveness analysis of  territory using investigation object “territorial and social systems (TSS)” with their further classification according to social types based on cluster analysis. This method allows the authors to distinct four social types of TSS in Sverdlovsk region in accordance with such characteristics as financial activity, quality of life, social stability and ill-being levels. The results of investigation could be useful for brand policy of territorial authorities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Territorial brand; Brand social dimension; Social equilibrium; Social effectiveness; Territorial and social systems (TSS); Clusters; Social types; Public Economics; R11; R58; I3.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94543

Trends in Real Food Prices in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Mukumbu,   Mulinge; Duncan,   John; Staatz,   John M.; Howard,   Julie A.; Lundberg,   Mattias K.A.; Aldridge,   Kim; Nakaponda,   Bethel; Ferris,   John N.; Keita,   Francis; Sanankoua,   Abdel Kader.
The objectives of the study are: to assess the direction and magnitude of changes in real staple food prices since the implementation of food sector policy reforms in Africa; to identify the major factors affecting changes in these food prices; and to assess the resulting effects of food system reform on household food security.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Food Security and Poverty; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 9; R11.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54695

The Potential Returns to Oilseeds Research in Uganda: The Case of Groundnuts and Sesame
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laker-Ojok,   Rita.
The study which follows is an ex-ante analysis of expected returns to investment in agricultural research on groundnuts and sesame in Uganda. Studies have shown that it generally takes a minimum of six to ten years for new technologies to begin to have an impact on agricultural production practices. In the case of Uganda, Michigan State University was asked to measure the impact of a program which only began the process of rehabilitating the collapsed national agricultural research system in 1985 and began support for commodity research on groundnuts and sesame as recently as 1989 and 1991. As a result, the assessment which follows relies upon the projection of expected future benefits. While every effort has been taken to make reasonable projections based...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Oilseeds; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 13; R11.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54708

Federal Forest Policy and Community Prosperity in the Pacific Northwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weber,   Bruce A.; Chen,   Yong.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Community Wealth; Federal Forest Policy; Income; Northern Spotted Owl; Northwest Forest Plan; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; R11; R12.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122803

Monitoring Poverty without Consumption Data: an Application Using the Albania Panel Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azzarri,   Carlo; Carletto,   Calogero; Davis,   Benjamin; Zezza,   Alberto.
In developing countries poverty is generally measured with expenditure data. Such data are difficult and costly to obtain and it is generally recommended to collect them every 3-5 years. In between surveys, however, there is a clear need to provide policymakers with information for the monitoring of poverty trends. The paper reviews several such methods and compares the poverty estimates and trends resulting from their application to a panel dataset for Albania. The results are broadly consistent across methods and point to an overall improvement in welfare conditions over time, although the magnitude of the changes differs by locale, with urban areas showing a larger improvement than their rural counterparts.  However, given the sensitivity of the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Welfare; Asset index; Poverty measurement; Poverty monitoring.; Food Security and Poverty; O12; O18; O47; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23809

Investing in Agriculture for Growth and Food Security in the ACP Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Skoet,   Jakob; Stamoulis,   Kostas G.; Deuss,   Annelies.
Countries in the ACP region will face significant challenges in the years to come as they try to step up economic growth, deal with increasingly integrated world markets and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially those focused on hunger and poverty. These efforts will take place in the face of declining external assistance and many competing demands on resources. The analysis in the paper shows that agriculture and rural economic activities are essential for growth, poverty reduction and food security especially for the poorer countries in the region. However trends in public resource mobilisation for agriculture and rural development (in terms of both domestic spending and Official Development Assistance) do not reflect that important...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: ACP countries; Hunger; Agriculture; Rural development; Food security; Resource mobilisation.; Food Security and Poverty; F35; H54; H55; Q18; R11; O12.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23802

DETERMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS OF REGIONAL COMMODITY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krasavina, Raisa.
The paper observes the structure of regional commodity markets as a relation between competitive and monopoly regulating powers. A method for quantitative evaluation of competitiveness of certain markets depending on factors dominating in the region is proposed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional commodity market; Boundaries of relevant market; Concentration ratios; Competitiveness factors.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; UDC: 332.142.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92386

Essays on Regional Differences in Time Preferences and Attachment to Place
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yi,   Dale.
Data from a national telephone survey of working-aged adults in the continental US is combined with US Census 2000 data to explore the determinants of attachment to place and time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and financial assets. Five regions in the US were delineated so that regional differences in the determinants of the dependent variables of interest could be parsed out. The regions are the Great Plains, Borderlands, Appalachia, the Plantation Belt, and the rest of the continental US.  The first essay that explores time preferences for jobs, natural amenities, and money. Each was embedded with a ten percent rate of return. In aggregate, the nation as a whole demonstrated that the discount rate for jobs, natural amenities, and financial...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Great Plains; Migration; Time preference; Survey; Community attachment; Social capital; Natural amenity; Economic development; Community; Census; Zip code; Policy; Native American; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R11; R23; R53; R58; Q51; Q52; O13; O15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56009

AMENITIES IN AN URBAN EQUILIBRIUM MODEL: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   JunJie; Adams,   Richard M.; Plantinga,   Andrew J.
This paper analyzes the effect of open space and other amenities on housing prices and development density within the framework of an urban equilibrium model.  The model is estimated as a system of equations that includes households' residential choice decisions and developers' development decisions and emphasizes the importance of amenities in the formation of development patterns and property values.  The model is applied to Portland, Oregon, where ambitious open space programs have been implemented. The results suggest that amenities are important: households are willing to pay more for newer houses located in areas of less dense development, with more open space, better views, less traffic congestion, and near amenity locations.  For the developer,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21; R31.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21961

Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bertazzoli,   Aldo; Ruggeri,   Arianna; Samoggia,   Antonella.
The paper focuses on the competitiveness of organic horticultural farms implementing short food supply chain (SFSC), by analysing the organisational structures adopted by farmers and their economic performance. The collection of data based on face to face interviews with farmers and the review of the rural development plans of three central Italy regions. Results show that farms prefer a combination of organizational structures that involve both business to consumer and business to business strategies. A high number of farms realise direct selling to consumers implemented through in farm selling and market distribution channels. Nonetheless, farms performing the highest turnover take advantage from the support of informal or formal network of producers. At...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Short chain; Direct selling; Horticultural; Organisation; Economic performance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94918

La certificacion como estrategia para la recuperacion de la confianza del consumidor en la adquisicion de la carne de ternera
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Gil,   Jose Maria; Gracia,   Azucena; Rivera,   Luis M.
Resumen El objetivo del trabajo se centra en analizar el efecto de la presencia de etiqueta en un producto con el fin de minimizar el riesgo percibido o la incertidumbre asociada al producto. El análisis ha sido realizado tomando como ejemplo la carne fresca de ternera, producto que ha presentado en Europa, en general, y en España, en particular, importantes problemas de salubridad o seguridad alimentaria que han generado una importante pérdida de confianza por parte de los consumidores e, indirectamente, una disminución de su consumo, lo que ha supuesto, a su vez, serias implicaciones sobre la oferta. Teniendo en cuenta el objetivo planteado, se especifica un modelo para analizar la disposición del consumidor a aumentar el consumo de carne de ternera si...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Decision models; Label; Beef; Food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; M31; R11; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28748

A SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC STAR MODEL WITH AN APPLICATION TO U.S. COUNTY ECONOMIC GROWTH, 1969–2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Holt,   Matthew T.
Spatial regression models incorporating non-stationarity in the regression coefficients are popular. We propose a spatial variant of the Smooth Transition AutoRegressive (STAR) model that is more parsimonious than commonly used approaches and endogenously determines the extent of spatial parameter variation. Uncomplicated estimation and inference procedures are demonstrated using a neoclassical convergence model for United States counties.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Spatial autoregression; Smooth transition; Spatial econometrics; STAR; GWR; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; C51; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48117

The Determinants of Self-Employed Income in a Regional Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swindall,   Devin C.; Willis,   David B.; Boys,   Kathryn A.; Hughes,   David W.
Supporters claim that entrepreneurship is critical to building and sustaining the regional economies of urban and rural areas across the nation. Proponents argue that economic development practices that enhance and support entrepreneurship are essential because they cultivate innovation which, in turn, creates new jobs, new wealth, and a better quality of life. However, South Carolina’s real self-employed per capita income has decreased over the last decade. This downward trend highlights the need to examine the drivers of entrepreneurial income. The income of self-employed workers, as opposed to the number of self-employed, is critical to economic development because a major goal of economic policy is to increase incomes not just employment. Identifying...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Self-employed income; Entrepreneurship; Quantile regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; R11; R12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103957

Retaining Financial Capital for Rural Community Development: A Case Study of the Town of Olds, Alberta
Provedor de dados: 31
Financial capital is an important component of rural community development and a key aspect of community resilience. Yet residents often transfer their wealth into investment vehicles such as GICs and bonds that are external to their community. This exodus of financial capital is often in contrast to a deep commitment to the local community in which these residents lived and worked for the majority of their lives. With a focus on the Town of Olds, Alberta, this project seeks to understand the possibilities for local financial capital retention for community development. We compare several approaches to capital retention that include the transition towns movement, community currency and community bonds; we explore perspectives from municipal, provincial,...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Rural finance; Community investment; Impact assessment; Social research methods; Rural development; Community resilience; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R51; R11; Q38.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119055

Spatial Shift-Share Analysis of the Leisure and Hospitality Sector on the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evans,   Garen K.
Employment shifts in the Leisure and Hospitality sector along the Gulf coast following Hurricane Katrina were explored using spatial shift-share analysis. Using a spatial weights matrix that incorporated relative employment, and distance measures relative to the track of the storm we calculated classical and spatial shift-share components. Each of the spatial components then was regressed on net employment change, and the results were statistically significant, and similar to results obtained by Marquez and Ramajo (2005). These results suggest that spatial interaction between employment centers as well as with the storm track, was a relevant aspect of the employment shifts that occurred following Hurricane Katrina.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R11; R12; J21.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6744

Short-run Birth and Death of U.S. Manufacturing Firms: 2000 - 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.
Attracting manufacturing investment remains a viable regional development policy. Previous research in the location literature has informed policymakers which factors are most important for attracting new firm investment. Far less is known about the dynamics of firm death and the possible interaction with firm birth. A conceptual model of county-level investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature. Specifically, we test the relative importance of location factors influencing firm investment, and if these factors influence firm birth and death differently. Local factors include labor quality, availability, and cost, market conditions, agglomeration due to localization and urbanization economies,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Location factors; Manufacturing; Creative destruction; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46739

Metro, Micro, and Non-Core:  A 3-year Portrait of Broadband Supply and Demand in Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.
Rural communities suffer from both supply and demand-side disadvantages when dealing with Internet access.  Telecommunications companies are less likely to provide them with needed infrastructure due to lower population densities, and they also tend to have lower levels of specific factors known to influence the access decision such as education and income.  This study looks at the broadband Internet setting in Oklahoma over a 3-year period, examining the diffusion of both infrastructure and access rates.  A non-linear decomposition technique allows for measurement of how specific characteristics, including the availability of infrastructure, contribute to observed metropolitan – micropolitan or metropolitan – noncore “digital divides.”  The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Diffusion; Rural; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O18; C1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55929

Are poor, remote areas left behind in agricultural development: the case of Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, the conventional wisdom is that economic reforms may have stimulated economic growth, but that the benefits of this growth have been uneven, favoring urban households and farmers with good market access. This idea, although quite plausible, has rarely been tested empirically. In this paper, we develop a new approach to measuring trends in poverty and apply it to Tanzania in order to explore the distributional aspects of economic growth and the relationship between rural poverty and market access. We find that, between 1991 and 2003, a period of extensive economic reforms, the overall rate of poverty fell about 9 percentage points. The degree of poverty reduction was similar between rural and urban areas,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tanzania; Poverty; Market access; Agricultural development; Rural areas; Economic reform; Measurement; Rural poverty; International Development; I32; O18; O55; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59829

Openness and Urban Concentration in Europe, 1870-1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nitsch,   Volker.
This paper provides a new attempt to examine the relationship between an economy's exposure to foreign trade and its degree of urban concentration. In contrast to previous work, which is often based on rich cross-country data sets, the analysis is focused exclusively on European countries, allowing to explore reliable historical data. The results generally confirm earlier findings of a negative relationship between openness and city size for the period from 1970 to 1990, but are much weaker for other time periods and concentration measures. Therefore, it is argued that the linkage between trade policy and urban centralization is not robust. Dieses Papier untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Offenheitsgrad einer Volkswirtschaft und dem Ausmaß urbaner...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Urban Concentration; Openness; Urban Primacy; City Size; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R12.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26266

The Timing of Rapid Farmland Conversion Events: Evidence from California's Differential Assessment Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacs,   Kent F.
Using county-level panel data, we estimate duration models to study the timing of rapid farmland conversion events. Results suggest that income and the proximity to major highways are the principal determinants of rapid conversion events (and also responsible for prolonging these events). In particular, an increase in income of 1% is found to hasten the time to a rapid conversion event by 111% and to extend the time back to a slow state of conversion by 76%. On the other hand, valuable agricultural land and high property taxes extend the time to a rapid conversion event (and also hasten the time back to a slow state of conversion). An increase in the value of agricultural production per acre extends the time to a rapid conversion event by 14% and hastens...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland conversion; Semi-parametric duration analysis; Differential Assessment; Location and land use; Agricultural Finance; Land Economics/Use; R11; R21; R31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49252

Maori/Non-Maori Income Gaps:  Do Differences in Worker Mobility Play a Role?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Renkow,   Mitch; Scrimgeour,   Frank G.
We estimate a model of net migration between Regional Councils for three age cohorts  to test whether or not there are significant Maori/non-Maori differences.  We find little evidence of a statistically significant link between worker mobility and labor market conditions.  Only in the case of the youngest individuals (20-24 years of age) do we find a significant wage response, and this wage response does not differ significantly between Maori and non-Maori.  Unemployment is no case found to be significantly related to migration.  We conclude from this that differences in worker mobility – and attendant differences in the propensity to take advantage of spatially dispersed economic opportunities – has limited potential for explaining Maori/non-Maori income...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; J61; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19214

Wages and Employment Growth: Disaggregated Evidence for West Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suedekum,   Jens; Blien,   Uwe.
We address the effects of wages on employment growth on the basis of a theoretical model from which cost and demand effects can be derived. In the empirical analysis we take a highly disaggregated perspective and apply a newly developed shift-share regression technique on an exhaustive and very accurate data set for West Germany. The regression shows that the impact of regional wages on employment growth is significantly negative. There is some variation of this effect across sectors, but in no case we find support for the claim that an exogenous wage increase leads to higher employment growth.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Employment Growth; Shift-Share-Analysis; Regional Wages; Purchasing Power Argument; Labor and Human Capital; J23; E24; R11.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26283

Determinants of Returns in Rural Tourism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murova,   Olga I.; Hanagriff,   Roger D.
The goal of this study, based on data collected through community surveys and visitors’ surveys, is to determine and analyze factors impacting returns from rural tourism. Our first model shows that age of event, median family income, and hired labor have a significant impact on the revenues collected from tourism events. Furthermore, it shows brochures and flyers to be the most effective form of advertisement. The second multivariate regression model proves that traveling greater distances, staying overnight at a hotel, and plans for visiting surrounding areas contribute positively and significantly to higher individual expenditures by tourists.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Advertising; Rural development; Tourism; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113535

ENDOGENOUS INITIATIVES AS A CHANCE TO IMPROVE RURAL LIVELIHOOD? RESULTS OF A CASE STUDY IN BALTOW, SOUTH-EASTERN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Polish rural areas, compared to other EU-25 member states, still show a high agricultural employment due to a lack of job opportunities in other rural economic sectors. In particular, in South-eastern Poland the shut down of heavy industry companies in the early 1990s left many rural inhabitants only with small incomes from their peasant farms or pensions. In the commune Ba³tów (South-eastern Poland) in order to counteract these developments, local development associations and a regional partnership undertook initiatives to stimulate the regional economy by creating a tourism infrastructure. This paper presents a case study, conducted in Ba³tów, which analyses local problems, development chances, and experience with local endogenous initiatives. The main...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Tourism; Leader+; Endogenous; P32; Q10; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14900

Raumliche Wachstumszusammenhange - Empirische Befunde Fur Deutschland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit Wachstumsabhängigkeiten zwischen räumlich benachbarten Gebieten in Westdeutschland im Zeitraum von 1976 bis 1996. Die Hypothese für derartige Wachstumsabhängigkeiten leitet sich aus der räumlichen Dimension von Mechanismen ab, denen ein wesentlicher Einfluss auf die regionale Entwicklung beizumessen ist - wie etwa der Faktormobilität oder technologischen Spill-Over-Effekten. Die empirische Analyse westdeutscher Regionen weist auf eine erhebliche Bedeutung distanzabhängiger Wachstumszusammenhänge hin. Es lassen sich deutliche Hinweise für einen Einfluss der räumlichen Nähe auf die Intensität der Wachstumsabhängigkeiten ermitteln. Weiterhin ist festzustellen, dass regionale Ausgleichstendenzen und...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Development; C21; O18; R11.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26191

Regulatory Takings and the Diminution of Value: An Empirical Analysis of Takings and Givings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Truesdell,   Marie K.; Bergstrom,   John C.; Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.
A hedonic model is used to measure the change in value of residential lots in Rockport, Texas, resulting from Section 404 of the U.S. Clean Water Act. Results show that average lot values initially decreased, went though a six-year adjustment period, and then stabilized on a higher price path resulting in a positive net effect on average lot values throughout the Rockport area (with the exception of a particular subdivision). The results indicate that Section 404 generated both regulatory "takings" and "givings," suggesting that both effects should be considered when assessing the benefits and costs of regulatory events and compensation claims.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Clean Water Act Section 404; Hedonic price method; Interrupted time series; Regulatory takings and givings; Wetlands; Agricultural and Food Policy; C51; D61; R11; R21; Q15.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43791

Trust and Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dincer,   Oguzhan C.; Uslaner,   Eric.
Using data from US states, we find a positive relationship between trust and growth. According to our results, a 10 percentage point increase in trust increases the growth rate of per capita income by 0.5 percentage point, growth rate of housing prices by 1.25 percentage points, and the growth rate of employment by 2.5 percentage points over a decade.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Trust; Economic Growth; International Development; Z13; R11.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9094

EVOLUTION OF INVESTMENT FLOWS IN U.S. MANUFACTURING:  A SPATIAL PANEL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
This paper is updated by the file at  http://purl.umn.edu/54835
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Manufacturing; Investment; Location factors; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R30.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42502

Regional Convergence in the European Union (1985-1999): A Spatial Dynamic Panel Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badinger,   Harald; Muller,   Werner G.; Tondl,   Gabriele.
We estimate the speed of income convergence for a sample of 196 European NUTS 2 regions over the period 1985-1999. So far there is no direct estimator available for dynamic panels with strong spatial dependencies. We propose a two-step procedure, which involves first spatial filtering of the variables to remove the spatial correlation, and application of standard GMM estimators for dynamic panels in a second step. Our results show that ignorance of the spatial correlation leads to potentially misleading results. Applying a system GMM estimator on the filtered variables, we obtain a speed of convergence of 6.9 per cent and a capital elasticity of 0.43.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Growth; Convergence; Spatial dependence; Spatial filtering; Dynamic panels; GMM; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C23; O00; R11.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26329

Discussion: Human Capital and Rural Economic Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barefield,   Alan.
One of the most critical elements of a nation’s social infrastructure is its system of education. Concerns with accessibility, achievement, and choice are significant elements in determining the quality of life for all communities, but most especially for rural communities where resources, and in many cases, opportunities, are perceived to be less plentiful than for their urban and suburban counterparts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Education; Pre-kindergarten; Discipline; Community colleges; Rural; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I21; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53090

Dynamic Spatial Modelling of Regional Convergence Processes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kosfeld,   Reinhold; Lauridsen,   Jorgen.
Econometric analysis of convergence processes across countries or regions usually refers to a transition period between an arbitrary chosen starting year and a fictitious steady state. Panel unit root tests and panel cointegration techniques have proved to belong to powerful econometric tools if the conditions are met. When referring to economically defined regions, though, it is rather an exception than the rule that coherent time series are available. For this case we introduce a dynamic spatial modelling approach which is suitable to trace regional adjustment processes in space instead of time. It is shown how the spatial error-correction mechanism (SEC model) can be estimated depending on the spatial stationarity properties of the variables under...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional convergence; Dynamic spatial models; Spatial unit roots; Spatial error-correction; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; R11; R15.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26211

Convergence and the Effects of Spatial Interaction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic research. Although a vast number of empirical studies has emerged, evidence on the role of spatial interaction is still rather scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is an important element of regional growth. However, considering spatial effects does not alter the general conclusion that regional income growth is characterised by a process of convergence.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional convergence; Spatial interaction; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; C52; O18; R11.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26351

THE EFFECTS OF RURALITY AND INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATION INCOME GROWTH: U.S. COUNTIES 2000 TO 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
This paper— part of a comprehensive project on industry clusters and rural competitiveness— explores the role of industrial specialization and rurality on economic performance for counties in the continental United States. Regression models are estimated that evaluate the impact of industry cluster-specific employment shares on per capita income growth overall, as well as in a sequence of different contextual settings. Overall, the results suggest that economic disparities across U.S. counties will diminish. The results also suggest that economic specialization “per se” is not a guarantee for economic growth. Instead, economic growth very much depends on the type of specialization and the contextual setting, with distinct differences between, for example,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Rural America; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; O51; R11.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7334

Trade-off between Economic Revitalization and Social Capital: Application of Structural Equation Model in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kunimitsu,   Yoji.
An income inequality has been expanded in Japan and some policy is highly needed to revitalize rural areas. This study aims to show causative factors on regional satisfaction level by the estimation of the structural equation model (SEM) with data of each town in Yamagata and Yamaguchi prefectures. Results demonstrate that (i) both the economic situations and social capital (represented by trust, altruistic moral and human network) positively affected the satisfaction level, but there is a trade-off between these effects, (ii) public facilities can increase satisfaction level as long as these facilities are built with consideration of residents' needs and quality, and (iii) the economic factor and social capital have indirect effects, affecting to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct and indirect effects; Evaluation for public facilities; Regional economic situations; Social capital; Trade-off effect; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O15; R11; R15; R53; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56331

Regional Food Clusters and Government Support for Clustering: Evidence for a ‘Dynamic Food Innovation Cluster’ in Alberta, Canada?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Ali,   Jolene.
This paper analyzes government support for networking and regional cluster growth in the food sector. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the first paper to provide a literature review of studies on regional food clusters, focusing on key features that characterize successful regional food clusters. The review compares key characteristics of such clusters with characteristics of clusters from other industrial sectors. The insights from these studies on clustering success and the role of government are contrasted with empirical evidence on government support for clustering in the Canadian food sector, specifically in the province of Alberta. The empirical evidence is based on two small industry surveys, one conducted in March 2005, and the second in August...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Location-based clustering; Food clusters; Networks; Innovation; Government support; Alberta; Canada; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; L32; L38; O32; O38; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99705

Workshop on Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire, September 26-29, 1995
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ba,   Moussa Batchily; Staatz,   John M.; Farrelly,   Laura L.; Camara,   Youssouf; Dimithe,   Georges.
At the initiative of USAID, the ADB, MSU, and INSAH, 40 researchers, policy makers and private-sector entrepreneurs from 19 countries, representing 20 African and international organizations, met in Abidjan for a continent-wide workshop to debate issues related to transformation of African agriculture. The Abidjan workshop built on previous discussions organized by Winrock International, the World Bank, USAID (AFR/SD/PSGE/FSP) and IFPRI concerning the key challenges (food insecurity, poverty, and environmental degradation) that need to be addressed while fostering a structural transformation of African agriculture.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Agricultural transformation; Africa; International Development; Downloads July 2008-July 2009: 20; R11.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54668

Community and Labor Issues in Animal Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Martin,   Philip L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; R11; J61; J43; J28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94387

Agro-food chain: an innovative paradigm for food and rural policy analysis and agro-food chain segments’ systemic performance at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samoggia,   Antonella; Maccani,   Paola; Marchi,   Alan.
The food chain concept is an increasingly common theoretical instrument for food and rural development policy and many countries adopt the so-called “new rural paradigm”, so to integrate different sectoral policies. This paper aims at adopting the food chain paradigm in order to analyse the regional agro-food system and to sustain the design and delivery of consistent inter-sectoral policies. It adopts the netchain concept (Lazzarini et al, 2001) and the theory of governance patterns in global value chains (Gereffi et al, 2005). Results show this innovative approach contributes to better understand and stimulate economic performance of the whole agro-food network.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural policy; Region; Agro-food chain; Performance; Intersectoral approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; Q18; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94900

THEME OVERVIEW: BRINGING BROADBAND TO RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   James N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Regional Economic Development; Rural Regions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R12; O33; O57; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100801

TAX INCENTIVES: AN EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rainey,   Daniel V.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
As national and local economies become more globalized, many rural areas are going to find it more difficult to compete for private capital investments.  A traditional tool, modifications to tax policy, of state and local governments will not be as effective (for many communities it has never been effective) in the future.  These communities will need to seek other avenues of growth.  However, for many rural communities even alternative avenues will not lead to enhanced economic opportunity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Rural development; Tax policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R51; R58; O21; O23; R11; R38.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15463

Subcontracting principles of interaction between enterprises of different sizes at a regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krasavin,   Eugeny.
This paper reviews peculiarities of interaction between enterprises of different sizes at a regional level in Russia on the basis of subcontracting. It defines basic conditions and organizational forms of such interaction related with circumstances of regional economic development. The paper also presents a comparison of American and Japanese subcontracting models considering possibility of borrowing certain specific features for the Russian conditions. It lists stable structures of interaction between small- and large-sized enterprises considering possibility of changing roles in integration schemes. On example of the Nizhny Novgorod region specializing in machine-building and metalworking, the most important peculiarities and perspective lines of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Subcontracting; Enterprises of different sizes; Small business; Subcontracting models; Regional interaction problems of sectors of different sizes; Roles of large and small enterprises in interaction.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R10; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94578

Spatial Structural Change - Evidence and Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bade,   Franz-Josef; Niebuhr,   Annekatrin; Schonert,   Matthias.
Main topics of the following analysis are the development of spatial structure and the question whether the economic disparities between agglomerations and peripheral areas will con- or diverge. Frequently, economic disparities are measured by per capita income. Because of the relationship between income growth and employment change, a separate analysis of both quantitative components seems to be more appropriate. Furthermore, to reduce the uncertainty concerning the future development of regional disparities human capital - owing to its decisive importance for economic and technological competitiveness - is considered as well. Consequently this study of regional disparities is based on the analysis of time-series for several indicators from 1976 to 1996....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International Development; O18; R11.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26157

Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xing,   Li; Fan,   Shenggen; Luo,   Xiaopeng; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. However, even a large inequality is observed within the lagging regions. The objective of this paper is to look into what are the sources of within region inequality using the community surveys and a census type of households in Western China.  This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census-type household survey in three administrative villages and a sampling survey of 286 natural villages in the poor province of Guizhou in 2004. In contrast to coastal regions, nonfarm income is distributed unevenly in this inland western region. This accounts for the largest share of overall...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Poverty; Inequality; Public investment; Community/Rural/Urban Development; H54; O47; O53; R11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55403

The Distribution of CAP Payments - Redistributional Injustice or Spatially Adapted policy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergmann,   Holger; Noack,   Eva Maria; Thomson,   Kenneth J.
This paper analyses the distributional equality of individual Scottish Government-administered payments in 2008 under CAP Pillars One (single farm payments) and Two (rural development measures) and in total, in terms of economic, social and spatial factors. The analysis shows that 94% of all payments were paid to claimants in core rural areas (94%) while only a few (5%) claimants resided in urban areas or outside of Scotland (1%). However, in both Pillars, claims made by urban residents were often higher than those made by rural dwellers. The Ordinary Least Squares spatial analysis shows that the level of payments was extremely dependent on the geographical location and natural conditions. Spatial factors describing the economic situation in the area of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pillar One; Common Agricultural Policy; Gini-Coefficient; Rural-Urban distribution; Distributional justice; Land Economics/Use; Q15; R14; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108958

¿Cómo enfrentar una geografía adversa?: el rol de los activos públicos y privados
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier; Torero,   Maximo.
En el Perú, país con una asombrosa diversidad ecológica, con 84 zonas climáticas y paisajes distintos, con selvas tropicales, altas cordilleras y desiertos, puede que el contexto geográfico no sea suficiente para explicar las variaciones regionales en ingresos y bienestar, pero si es muy significativo. La pregunta más importante que este trabajo trata de responder es: qué rol juegan las variables geográficas - tanto naturales como antropogénicas - al explicarse las diferencias de gasto per cápita entre las diversas regiones del Perú. Cómo han cambiado estas influencias en el tiempo, a través de qué medios han sido transmitidas, y si el acceso a los activos privados y públicos ha compensado los efectos de una geografía adversa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Nivel de vida; Ingresos de hogares; Gastos de consumo; Bienestar social; Analisis regional; Crecimiento económico; Perú; Standard of living; Household income; Consumer expenditure; Social welfare; Regional analysis; Economic growth; Peru; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; D91; R11; Q12.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37771

Village Inequality in Western China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xing,   Li; Fan,   Shenggen; Luo,   Xiaopeng; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Increased regional inequality has been a major concern in many emerging economies like China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. However, even a large inequality is observed within the lagging regions. The objective of this paper is to look into what are the sources of within region inequality using the community surveys and a census type of households in Western China. This snapshot view of inequality within and between rural villages in western China is based on a census-type household survey in three administrative villages and a sampling survey of 286 natural villages in the poor province of Guizhou in 2004. In contrast to coastal regions, nonfarm income is distributed unevenly in this inland western region. This acco unts for the largest share of overall...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Poverty; Inequality; Public investment; H54; O47; O53; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25390

ROLNICTWO OBSZARÓW GÓRSKICH BAWARII PRZYKŁADEM DLA KARPAT POLSKICH? STUDIUM PORÓWNAWCZE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sroka,   Wojciech; Pieniadz,   Agata.
Niniejsze opracowanie przyjmuje formę analizy porównawczej i przedstawia wyniki badań opinii ekspertów na temat stanu oraz kierunków rozwoju obszarów wiejskich i rolnictwa w gminach górskich położonych na terenie Karpat Polskich i Alp Niemieckich. Badania wskazują, iż rolnictwo oraz obszary wiejskie subregionu karpackiego wkracza powoli na drogę rozwojową, którą rolnictwo subregionu alpejskiego ma już w pewnym sensie za sobą. Wydaje się, iż krótki okres stosowania WPR nie spowodował w subregionie karpackim wyraźnych zmian strukturalnych. Rolnictwo Alp Niemieckich jest lepiej dostosowane do specyficznych warunków produkcji rolniczej oraz jest w stanie zapewnić odpowiednie dochody ludności rolniczej. Świadczy o tym chociażby wyższy odsetek rodzin...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rolnictwo górskie; Perspektywy rozwoju; Wsparcie; Polska; Bawaria; Berglandwirtschaft; Entwicklungsperspektiven; Förderung; Polen; Bayern.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; International Development; O13; Q18; Q28; R11; R23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91913

Manufacturing Transition in Local Economies: A Regional Adjustment Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
This paper addresses changes in capital formation by testing the importance of location factors with respect to the rate of establishment births and deaths in U.S. manufacturing, 2000–2004. A theoretical concept called “localized creative destruction” is tested as a mechanism to explain the dynamics impacting the spatial distribution of manufacturing establishment birth and death rates. While no support of this process was found, results identify a convergence process occurring where counties with high initial birth/death rates have smaller changes in firm birth and death rates. The interpretation is that counties become more equally competitive in terms of firm formation dynamics in lieu of successful counties increasing their lead in the short run. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Location determinants; Manufacturing; Adjustment models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61130

Fisheries policies impacts consideration towards the development of rural coastal areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loizou,   Efstratios; Chatzitheodoridis,   Fotis; Mattas,   Konstadinos; Polymeros,   Konstantinos.
The current study aims to examine the effectiveness of fisheries policies and specifically of the Greek Operational Programme for Fisheries, 2007-13. In specific, aims to examine and assess possible impacts generated, in the regional economy of Voreio and Notio Aigaio from its four axis, with particularity to the forth one. For this a regional Input-Output model was built in order to capture direct and indirect impacts in terms of output, employment and income. Results indicate that the dynamics of the fisheries sector in the regional economy are very weak and along with the continuous shrinking of the sector, leads to the necessity of supporting alternative vocational activities for the development of coastal rural areas. Though, results indicate that the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural coastal areas; Operational fisheries programme; Impact analysis; Regional analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R15; R58; Q22.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94910

International Rice Baseline with Deterministic and Stochastic Projections, 2012-2021
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wailes,   Eric J.; Chavez,   Eddie C.
This publication contains recent baseline projections from the Arkansas Global Rice Economics Program (AGREP) for U.S. and international rice economies. These projections serve as a baseline for evaluating and comparing alternative macroeconomic, policy, weather, and technological scenarios. They are intended for use by government agencies and officials, farmers, consumers, agribusinesses and others who conduct medium-range and long-term planning. The AGREP baseline projections are grounded in a series of assumptions about the general economy, agricultural policies, weather, and technological change. It is generally assumed that current agricultural policies will be continued in the United States and other countries reported in this study. The AGREP World...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: International rice; Baseline; Policy; Deterministic; Stochastic; Arkansas Global Rice Model; Demand and Price Analysis; Land Economics/Use; C02; F01; F14; F17; Q17; Q18; R11.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123203

Mobile telephony as a change drivers in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michailidis,   Anastasios; Loizou,   Efstratios; Nastis,   Stefanos A.; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
The aim of the paper is to reveal the most important causes of mobile telephony use by rural residents. In particular, the examination of the expected changes due to use of mobile phones and the assessment of the major causes that drive rural residents to desire mobile telephony access constitute the main objective of the paper. In addition, the study extends the employment of binomial econometric methodologies into rural development issues. Interesting results are revealed from the three discrete segments of rural populations regarding the drivers of mobile phone use. The majority of the users belong to the so-called “farmers”, where the dominant causes of mobile phone use are different from the rest ones. More specifically, causes such as region and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Binomial logit model; Change facilitation; Mobile telephony; Rural areas; Survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C01; D83; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95312

Critical Access Hospitals and Retail Activity: an Empirical Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Lara; Whitacre,   Brian E.
This paper takes an empirical approach to determining the effect that a critical access hospital (CAH) has on local retail activity.  Previous research on the relationship between hospitals and economic development has primarily focused on single-case, multiplier oriented analysis.  The positive empirical results provide additional evidence on the far-reaching economic development impacts of CAHs.  The results also emphasize the importance of continued support for these rural institutions, including federal and state subsidies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Critical Access Hospital; Retail; Economic impact; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; R11; I18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56323

Spatial R&amp;D Spillovers and Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funke,   Michael; Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that emphasize the effects of both own R&amp;D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&amp;D spillovers across West German functional regions during the period 1976 - 1996. The findings suggest the existence of knowledge spillovers across functional regional boundaries.  Moreover, significant spillovers are mainly found among geographically close regions. This finding confirms the hypothesis that proximity matters. Das Papier basiert auf jüngeren Beiträgen zur Wachstumstheorie, die den Stellenwert eigener F&amp;E-Anstrengungen und interregionaler Spillover-Effekte für die regionale...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: R&amp;D Spillovers; Economic Growth; Germany; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C21; C52; F43; O57; R11.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26396

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: FINDINGS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Markus,   Richard.
Rising energy prices for fossil fuels, the unreliable supply of energy imports during the last winters and – concerning the 12 new members states (NMS) – the demand by the European Union (EU) for developing National Renewable Energy Action Plans have stimulated the national discussion and political action on renewable energy (RE) among all European countries. Particularly among the 12 NMS the share of RE has increased during the last years. Among the candidate and potential candidate countries (CC and PCC) the discussion on RE has just started. When looking at the impact of RE on agricultural and rural development the effects are relatively small. An expansion of rape seed cultivation and, to a smaller extent, of the production of wood pellets could be...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Renewable energy; Comparative survey; Agricultural and rural development; New members states of the EU; Candidate and potential candidate countries.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O52; Q10; Q28; Q42; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94719

Employment Growth and Income Inequality: Accounting for Spatial and Sectoral Differences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Partridge,   Mark D.
This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship accounting for sectoral differences and focusing on US counties. For 8 two-digit industries of the NAICS classification, we estimated a conditional growth model where employment growth depends on regional income inequality and a number of control variables. Spatial econometrics techniques are used to account for spatial dependence. Results indicate that there is no association between employment growth and family income inequality for the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector and the Real Estate, Rental and Leasing sector. However, income inequality consistently shows a negative impact on employment growth in the construction sector, and results are mixed for other sectors such as:...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Employment growth; Inequality; Spatial dependence; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R0; R11; O15; D30.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49460

Threshold Effects and Regional Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funke,   Michael; Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal distribution. Thus, application of the threshold model to a real world case, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns. Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist ein Modell überlappender Generationen der Humankapitalakkumulation mit Schwellenwert-Effekten. Die empirische Überprüfung des Modells basiert auf einem regionalen Datensatz für Westdeutschland. Das zentrale Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, Erkenntnisse zum Wachstum...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional Economic Growth; Human Capital; Germany; Labor and Human Capital; J24; O40; R11; C31.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26141

EXPERIENCE WITH ENDOGENOUS RURAL  DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND THE PROSPECTS FOR LEADER+ IN THE REGION "DOLINA STRUGU", POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
This paper presents the results of a case study of local economic development in Dolina Strugu, Podkarpackie voivodship, Poland. Its aim is to analyse local development problems and chances, to investigate the potential of endogenous initiatives to support economic development, and to examine the prospects for an implementation of the EU's initiative Leader+. The case study primarily relies on interviews conducted with local government authorities, NGOs, business owners and farmers in summer 2005. The hitherto unsatisfactory income situation in agriculture has been particularly precarious for the region because two thirds of the people in working age are employed in agriculture and alternative job opportunities are mostly absent. To respond to these...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Leader+; Cooperation; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P32; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14907

Oligopsony/Oligopoly Power and Factor Market Performance: The Case of U.S. Old Newspapers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hervani,   Aref A.
This paper derives price-cost margins for the old newspaper (ONP) input market for newsprint manufacture and then examines the effects of two government policies and two variables measuring the market performances of ONP input and newsprint output on the oligopsonist’s ONP price-cost margins.  In the wastepaper recycling market in particular, the ONP input market has not been successful in using the ONP generated.  The outcomes of the study are that various degrees of price distortions existed in the ONP input markets in four regions of the United States during 1972-1995.  Demand-side policy had a positive effect and supply-side policy had a negative effect on ONP price-cost margins in all regions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Buyer and seller market shares; Mandated recycling programs; Minimum content standards; Oligopsony; R51; R58; O21; R11; R38.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43163

Social ex-post evaluation of local development programs: application of a contingent valuation approach to the Guadix-Marquesado LEADER area (Spain)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calatrava-Requena,   Javier; Gonzalez-Roa,   Maria del Carmen.
As part of the evaluation of the activity of a district’s local development group (LAG), valuation by local society could be a potential element of interest. In this paper we present a social valuation of the LAG activity in the Guadix-Marquesado district (south-eastern Spain), where the contingent valuation method is one of the analytical elements used. A number of results show how the LAG has now become part the institutional network closest to local society, which values the increased welfare that its activity generates slightly more than its actual annual operating expenses. This somehow socially legitimizes the public funding it receives. Other results pertaining to change perception, familiarity with LAG activities and the scalar valuation of its...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social evaluation; Rural development; Contingent valuation method; Willingness to pay.; Agricultural and Food Policy; O43; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100041

Business Establishment Growth in the Appalachian Region, 2000-2007:  An Application of Smooth Transition Spatial Process Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Wan; Lambert,   Dayton M.
Business establishment growth in the Appalachian region (2000–2007) was regressed on industry sector composition controlling for demographic, physical, and economic determinants. We test the hypothesis that local response to growth determinants is geographically heterogeneous using Smooth Transition spatial process models. This class of models exhibiting endogenous regime switching behavior provides another tool for exploring the spatially heterogeneous effects of local determinants on economic growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Appalachia; Business establishment growth; Smooth transition models; Spatial processes; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C21; C51; O47; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113517

CIVIC COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH: ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH PROSPERITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Kenneth L.; Lyson,   Thomas A.; Christy,   Ralph D.
The free market-based policies of the corporate community model have skewed economic development across the South.  For many small, rural communities, the consequences of global capitalism have resulted in declining real wages, high underemployment, and increasing rates of income inequality.  Backed by recent scholarship and grassroots movements that suggest both civic engagement and the presence of smaller-scale, locally controlled enerprises can help determine whether communities prosper or decline, this paper explores the links between social structure and rural development in the South.  The goal is to expand our understanding of civic community theory as an alternative to the neoclassical economic model of development.  Using a local problem-solving...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Civic community; Economic growth; Rural development; Social capital; Southern United States; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O21; R58.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15468

Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brauninger,   Michael; Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial spillover effects. The spatial regimes model allows for different steady-state growth paths. In contrast to previous analyses, the regimes in this paper refer to spatial categories, i.e. we assume that agglomerations, urbanised and rural regions are characterised by group-specific steadystates. Moreover, the regression analysis considers the effects of interaction among neighbouring regions, possibly leading to a spatial dependence of regional growth rates. We check whether spatial dependence is caused by spatial spillovers or based on country effects.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Convergence; Agglomeration; European Union; Spatial econometrics; Quantile regression; International Development; C21; O52; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26150

Divergence - Is it Geography?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Straubhaar,   Thomas; Suhrcke,   Marc; Urban,   Dieter.
This paper tests a geography and growth model using regional data for Europe, the US, and Japan. We set up a standard geography and growth model with a poverty trap and derive a log-linearized growth equation that corresponds directly to a threshold regression technique in econometrics. In particular, we test whether regions with high population density (centers) grow faster and have a permanently higher per capita income than regions with low population density (peripheries). We find geography driven divergence for US states and European regions after 1980. Population density is superior in explaining divergence compared to initial income which the most important official EU eligibility criterium for regional aid is built on. Divergence is stronger on...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Threshold estimation; New economic geography; Regional income; Growth; Poverty trap; Regime shifts; Bootstrap; International Development; O41; R11; F12.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26350

Modeling Non-Linear Spatial Dynamics: A Family of Spatial STAR Models and an Application to U.S. Economic Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Holt,   Matthew T.
This paper investigates non-linearity in spatial processes models and allows for a gradual regime-switching structure in the form of a smooth transition autoregressive process. Until now, applications of the smooth transition autoregressive (STAR) model have been largely confined to the time series context. The paper focuses on extending the non-linear smooth transition perspective to spatial processes models, in which spatial correlation is taken into account through the use of a so-called weights matrix identifying the topology of the spatial system. We start by deriving a non-linearity test for a simple spatial model, in which spatial correlation is only included in the transition function. Next, we propose a non-linearity test for a model that includes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial econometrics; Non-linearity; Utoregressive smooth transition; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C12; C21; C51; O18; R11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6518

Technological Leadership and Sectoral Employment Growth: A Spatial Econometric Analysis for U.S. Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; de Groot,   Henri L.F.
This paper investigates the determinants of technological catch-up and examines at a refined level of spatial and sectoral aggregation to what extent geographical and/or technological proximity to the technology leader impact regional employment growth. Technological progress is endogenously determined and depends on specialization, competition and diversity. We also allow technological progress to depend on agglomeration economies in proximate regions, and model technological progress by means of a hierarchical process of catch-up to the technology leader. Results indicate that human capital plays a crucial role in promoting sectoral employment growth. The effect of technological distance varies, depending on which sector is considered. Technological...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Regional employment growth; Technology leadership; Space; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; R12; C21; O32; O47.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102827

World Rice Outlook  International Rice Baseline Projections, 2011-2020
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wailes,   Eric J.; Chavez,   Eddie C.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: International rice; Baseline projections; Policy; Arkansas Global Rice Model; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; C02; F01; F14; F17; Q17; Q18; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112998

STRENGTHENING RURAL AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE GLOBAL BROADBAND ADOPTION RACE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   James N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Rural America; Economic Development; Internet; Rural Regions; Agribusiness; R12; O33; O57; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100896

Hobby Farms and British Columbia'a Agricultural Land Reserve
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stobbe,   Tracy; Eagle,   Alison J.; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Agricultural land protection near the urban-rural fringe is a goal of many jurisdictions, including British Columbia, Canada, which uses a provincial-wide zoning scheme to prevent subdivisions and non-agricultural uses of the land. Preferential taxes are also used to encourage agricultural use of the land. Small scale hobby farmers are present at the urban fringe near Victoria (the capital), both inside and outside of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The goal of this paper is to investigate whether hobby farms create problems for agricultural land preservation. We make use of a GIS (geographic information system) model to construct detailed spatial variables and analyse our parcel-level data set using an hedonic pricing model and a limited dependent...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hobby farmers; Agricultural Land Reserve; Geographical Information System; Urban-rural fringe; Zoning systems; Farmland fragmentation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; R11; R15; C50; R14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42244

Is Income Inequality Endogenous in Regional Growth?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Kahsai,   Mulugeta S.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Jackson,   Randall W.
This study focuses on testing the relationship between income inequality and growth within U.S. counties, and the channels through which such effects are observed. The study tests three hypotheses: (1) income inequality has an inverse relationship with growth; (2) regional growth adjustments are the channels through which the inequality and growth are equilibrated; and (3) income inequality is endogenous to regional growth and its adjustment. Results, based on a system of equations estimation, confirm the hypotheses that income inequality has a growth dampening effect; income inequality is endogenous to regional growth and growth adjustment; and the channels through which income inequality determines growth are regional growth adjustments, such as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income inequality; Economic growth; Gini coefficient; Growth modeling; Population change; Per capita income; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; I32; J15; O18; P25; R11; R23; R25; R51; R53; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46320

Optimal Forest Strategies for Addressing Tradeoffs and Uncertainty in Economic Development under Old-Growth Constraints
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krcmar,   Emina; Eagle,   Alison J.; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
In Canada, governments have historically promoted economic development in rural regions by promoting exploitation of natural resources, particularly forests. Forest resources are an economic development driver in many of the more than 80% of native communities located in forest regions. But forests also provide aboriginal people with cultural and spiritual values, and non-timber forest amenities (e.g., biodiversity, wildlife harvests for meat and fur, etc.), that are incompatible with timber exploitation. Some cultural and other amenities can only be satisfied by maintaining a certain amount of timber in an old-growth state. In that case, resource constraints might be too onerous to satisfy development needs. We employ compromise programming and fuzzy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Forest-dependent aboriginal communities; Boreal forest; Compromise and fuzzy programming; Sustainability and uncertainty; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; R11; Q23; Q01; C61.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10251

Entrepreneurial Communities in Rural Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Lara; Whitacre,   Brian E.; Muske,   Glenn; Woods,   Michael D.
This paper studies “entrepreneurial communities” using both quantitative and qualitative data from the state of Oklahoma. Household-level survey data and community-specific characteristics are used to determine what factors affect whether a rural community operates in an entrepreneurial manner. Case studies from successful rural communities provide a more qualitative viewpoint of the factors that lead to entrepreneurial activity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurship; Communities; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; O18; C1.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6829

Agricultural Research Impact Assessment: The Case of Maize Technology Adoption in Southern Mali
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boughton,   Duncan; Frahan,   Bruno Henry de.
Adoption of the improved maize package was particularly rapid during the period 1980-86 when an attractive guaranteed price was offered and extension activities were reinforced by a maize project that included the establishment of a seed multiplication program. Following cereal market price liberalization in 1986, maize prices fell and have been subject to considerable variability. Area has continued to expand, but farmers have greatly reduced fertilizer use, switched back to maize-late millet intercropping, and substituted early maturing varieties better suited to their own food security needs. The estimated internal rate of return (IRR) to investment in maize research and extension in southern Mali over the period 1969-90 is 135%. This high rate can be...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Maize; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads June 2008 - June 2009: 26; R11.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54729

Firm Birth and Death in U.S. Manufacturing: A Regional Adjustment Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
Attracting manufacturing investment is a frequently used rural development policy.  Previous research in the location literature has informed policymakers which factors are most important for attracting new firm investment.  Far less is known about the interaction of birth and death of establishments.  A conceptual model of county-level investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector is developed from location theory and subsequent literature.  Specifically, we test the relative importance of location factors influencing firm investment, and if these factors influence firm birth and death differently.  Local factors include agglomeration due to localization, urbanization, and internal economies, market structure, labor quality, availability, and cost, market...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Location determinants; Manufacturing; Count models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; L60; R11; R12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49467

A COMPARATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE COUNTRY REGIONS’ DEVELOPMENT STATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baliuk,   Sviatlana.
The article studies issue of a comparative estimation of the country regions’ development level. The author offers a set of indicators for defining competitive advantages and drawbacks of social and economic development of territories on the basis of integrated estimations. The basis of the author’s approach is a principle of extraction of the regional rent in modern conditions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Region; Regional economic development; Rent.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94566

Economic Development Impacts of Wind Turbine Development in U.S. Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Hoen,   Ben; Lantz,   Eric; Pender,   John L.; Wiser,   Ryan.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/07/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wind turbine; Propensity score matching; Spatial lag model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O13; Q21; R11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103437

Poverty and Employment in Timber-Dependent Counties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berck,   Peter; Costello,   Christopher; Fortmann,   Louise; Hoffmann,   Sandra A.
One of the most controversial aspects of federal and state policies aimed at protecting old-growth ecosystems has been the potential impact of job losses on local economies. A fundamental question for historically timber-dependent communities is whether these policies will result in local economic stagnation and enduring pockets of poverty. In this paper, we examine the long-run impact of changes in timber-related employment on other types of employment and participation in major federal poverty programs. We use monthly, multi-county time series data to estimate a vector autoregressive model of the experience of northern California counties during the 1980s and 1990s. We find that employment base multiplier effects of timber employment on other types of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Forest policy; Poverty; Employment; Time series; Food Security and Poverty; Q23; O15; R11; R15.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10831

The Rate of Return to Agricultural Research in Uganda: The Case of Oilseeds and Maize
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laker-Ojok,   Rita.
This paper is intended to address primarily the determination of the rate of return to previous investments by USAID and GOU in soybean, sunflower, and maize research in Uganda, but will, to a more limited extent, also discuss the anticipated returns to ongoing research in these three commodity programs and outputs expected within the next four years.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Oilseeds; Maize; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008-July 2009: 33; R11.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54728

Economic Impacts of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Reeder,   Richard J.
This study assesses the initial economic outcomes of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), which began funding rural development projects in the Mississippi Delta region in 2002. The study focuses on non-metropolitan DRA counties and similar counties elsewhere in the Mississippi Delta region and the southeast, using a quasi-experimental approach that combines matching methods, double and triple difference and switching regression estimation. We find that per capita income and transfer payments grew more rapidly in DRA counties than similar non-DRA counties, and that these impacts are larger in counties in which DRA spending was larger. Each additional dollar of DRA spending per capita is associated with an increase of $15 in personal income per capita...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural economic development programs; Economic impacts; Mississippi Delta; Delta Regional Authority; Matching estimators; Double difference; Triple difference estimation; Switching regression; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R58; R11; O18; C21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60909

Organic Apple Production in Washington State: An Input-Output Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mon,   Pon Nya; Holland,   David W.
This paper provides an Input-Output (I/O) based economic impact analysis for organic apple production in Washington State. The intent is to compare the economic “ripple” effect of organic production with conventional production. The analysis is presented in two scenarios: first we compare the economic impact of organic versus conventional apple production for a l demand increase of one million US$ as measured in sales. The second analysis looks at the economic impact of organic and conventional apple production in terms of given unit of land (405 hectares of production). Both state-wide output (sales) and employment (jobs) impacts are estimated under each scenario. Results are presented in terms of direct, indirect, and induced economic impact. Organic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Conventional and organic apple production; Multiplier effects; Output and employment effects; IMPLAN; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; D58; Q01; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12961

The Impact of CAP and EU Cohesion Support on Growth and Convergence of the Eastern Slovenia Region in the Period 2007-2013
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Juvancic,   Luka; Kuhar,   Ales; Sila,   Urban; Erjavec,   Emil.
The paper investigates economic performance of the Eastern Slovenia region in the changed economic and policy environment after the accession to the EU. The likely impacts of public expenditure in the field of cohesion and agricultural policy in the period of the Community financial perspective 2007-2013 are analysed by the regional Input–Output model estimated with modified GRIT methodology. Results of the impact analysis carried out by application of various policy scenarios suggest that: (i) the analysed funds can significantly contribute to the overall output growth of the regional economy; (ii) EU budgetary inflows contribute to economic convergence of the region; (iii) differences between the projected impacts primarily depend on the regional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional input-output model; Slovenia; Common Agricultural Policy; EU cohesion policy; International Relations/Trade; R11; R15; R58; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24766

Interactions between National and Regional Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davies,   Sara; Hallet,   Martin.
Williamson (1965) argued that catching up countries experiencing strong national growth tend also to see a widening in regional disparities, whereas in more developed economies strong national growth and falling regional disparities could go hand in hand. We find some evidence of a trade-off between national growth and regional dispersion in the EU's Cohesion countries, notably in Spain and Ireland. We also find some evidence of spread effects in some richer EU Member States, although no inevitable link between lower regional disparities and stronger national growth. The potential policy implications of this analysis are also examined.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cohesion; Catching up; Growth; EU regions; Regional policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; R11; R58.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26187

Regional Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis for Provinces in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pede,   Valerien O.; Sparks,   Adam H.; McKinley,   Justin D.
This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship using data at the sub-national (provincial) level in the Philippines over the period 1991- 2000. A conditional convergence growth model is considered where the growth of per capita income depends on inequality and other growth factors. The contribution of each province to the overall inequality obtained from the Theil index is considered. Results indicate that inequality has a positive and significant effect on per capita income growth. However, the magnitude of the inequality effect is not stable across regions. Geographically Weighted Regression estimates show that the magnitude of the inequality growth relationship varies over a range of 0.72 to 3.36. Other results are also noteworthy in this study....
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Clusters; Growth; Inequality; Spatial econometrics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R11; R12; O15; C21.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124402

Key Issues Affecting the Feasibility of Producer-Owned, Value-Added Ventures in the South
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolfe,   Kent; Barefield,   Alan.
The transition from agricultural producer to agribusiness entrepreneur is littered with obstacles not associated with traditional farming operations. Producers are typically faced with an established market for their products as well as defined production practices and budgets. These familiar industry institutions are not available for use in the agribusiness environment. As a result, entrepreneurs are faced with new, unfamiliar situations that can significantly affect the success of their proposed or fledging business.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agritourism; Cooperative; Demand; Economic development; Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Goats; Value-added venture; Agribusiness; R11; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6513

Crecimiento económico y exclusión social en la agricultura familiar argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lattuada,   Mario; Estrada,   Eduardo Moyano.
RESUMEN: En este artículo, sus autores analizan el proceso de crecimiento económico experimentado por Argentina en la década de los noventa y sus efectos sobre la agricultura de la región pampeana. Este trabajo pretende contribuir, desde una perspectiva sociológica, al debate sobre las posibilidades y limitaciones de reproducción de la agricultura familiar en un contexto marcado por la aplicación de programas de ajuste estructural y de retirada del Estado de muchas de sus tradicionales áreas de actuación. Para ello, en primer lugar, se describen los indicadores productivos y económicos que dan cuenta de la evolución del sector agropecuario argentino en la última década. En segundo lugar, se exponen los distintos factores que contribuyeron al deterioro del...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farming policy; Rural society; Social exclusion; Family agriculture.; Farm Management; Q18; R20; R11.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28743

Social Impact Assessment of the Proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification Project
Provedor de dados: 31
This project report was completed by 14 graduate and undergraduate students in a social impact assessment course (AREC 450-550) during the Winter Term, January to April, 2009. The overall goal of this project was to learn specific concepts and methods for social impact assessment by undertaking such an assessment for the proposed Dodds-Roundhill Coal Gasification project (Southeast of Edmonton, Alberta). The social impact assessment is composed of four major components: (1) scoping of relevant social indicators, (2) social impacts within municipalities, (3) social impacts within the farming region, and (4) a comparative case study of social impacts. Together, the four project reports provide insights into the potential social impacts from the proposed coal...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact assessment; Social indicators; Comparative case study; Social research methods; Energy policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; R52; R11; Q34.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91421

Evolucion economica y analisis de resultados en una muestra de explotaciones lecheras del occidentede Asturias (1993-1998)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendez,   Jose Antonio Perez; Cabezas,   Angel Machado.
RESUMEN: Este trabajo tiene un doble objetivo: primero, un análisis de la evolución económica de una muestra de 42 explotaciones lecheras del occidente asturiano, en el período 1993-1998, y segundo, un estudio de la situación final (1998), identificando los rasgos que caracterizan a las unidades con mejores resultados económicos. Para ello se estudia la evolución de la productividad de la mano de obra, la cuenta de resultados, la variación en el margen sobre concentrados, el umbral de rentabilidad, y el valor añadido y su distribución; al igual que, con la ayuda del análisis de la varianza y de la regresión logística, se caracteriza a las unidades con mejores resultados en 1998 en su gestión a corto y largo plazo. Se observa la importancia de una dimensión...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; R11; R32.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28740

Glocalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development Perspectives: Empirical Results for West German Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knodler,   Hermann; Albertshauser,   Ulrich.
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the INDAT-file which gives information about some 6,500 West German manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development perspectives showed that Hamburg, Darmstadt and Oberbayern belong to the winners of glocalisation. In order to evaluate the long term development perspectives of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regional Development; Agglomeration; Glocalisation; Manufacturing; Foreign Direct Investment; F23; O18; R11; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26402

An Economic Analysis of Research and Technology Transfer of Millet, Sorghum, and Cowpeas in Niger
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazzucato,   Valentina; Ly,   Samba.
This study analyzes returns to investments in Niger's research and technology transfer system for millet, sorghum, and cowpea between 1975 and 1991. Sixty-eight percent of the country's public-sector outlays for agricultural research and 58% of its agricultural researchers were devoted to research on these three crops between 1986 and 1990. Most of this research was done by INRAN, the national agricultural research institute of Niger (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Millet; Sorghum; Cowpeas; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 11; R11.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54730

A contribuição de P&amp;D Agropecuário para Convergência e Crescimento da Renda Agropecuária no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barreto,   Ricardo Candéa Sá; Almeida,   Eduardo Simões de.
Este artigo estuda o crescimento econômico e a convergência de renda Agropecuária dos estados Brasileiros de 1986 a 2004. Para este fim, utiliza-se um modelo econométrico de efeitos fixos, controlando-se a dependência espacial.  Além de comprovar convergência condicional, o modelo econométrico revelou que o crescimento do PIB per capita agropecuário foi afetado por variáveis como capital físico agropecuário, infra-estrutura telefônica, infra-estrutura de armazenagem, crédito rural, número de trabalhadores rurais, e por externalidades espaciais. Além disso, ficou evidenciada a importância de P &amp; D agropecuário para o crescimento e convergência de renda per capita no setor agropecuário e ainda a  geração de externalidades espaciais...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Convergência de renda agropecuária; Nova geografia econômica; Modelo de efeitos fixos com dependência espacial; Income convergence; New economic geography; Fixed effect model with spatial dependence; Agricultural Finance; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O18; O47; R11; R23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108170

Clubes de convergência nos municipios mineiros: uma análise via modelo threshold
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Ricardo Bruno Nascimento dos; Amorim,   Airton Lopes; Coronel,   Daniel Arruda; Braga,   Marcelo Jose.
This paper is makes an analysis of the process of convergence of income between the municipalities of the Minas Gerais (Brazil) in the period of 1980 to 2005, trying to identify the existence of clubs of convergence using a model threshold. Results indicated for the formation of four clubs of convergence, among them shows a process of convergence between the all clubs. Human capital proved to be significant in explaining the process of growth of the intermediate groups of municipalities richer. The results also indicated that the physical capital was significantly negative for explaining the process of economic growth of most rich clubs of convergence, demonstrating in this way, a negative role for public investment undertaken in the districts of the region.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Income Convergence; Threshold Effect; Minas Gerais (Brazil); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114400

DESIGN OF THE REGIONS’ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patsuk, Olga.
At present Russian economy is undergoing the same trends of the modern economic development, which take place in developed countries. These processes comprise globalization, advanced development of the service industries, post-industrial society formation, intellectual component expansion in the results of any industry, informatization of the society, running out of traditional sources of social and economic growth.  In such conditions search for new ways and factors of the regional self-development is critical.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social and economic development of the territories; Regional economy.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; R58; UDC: 332.1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92387

Who Replaces Agriculture's Contribution to Settlement in Lagging Rural Areas? An Integrated Input-Output and Dynamic Simulation Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopainsky,   Birgit; Buser,   Benjamin; Rieder,   Peter.
This paper develops an integrated model for analysing regional economic development and structural change in agriculture. The input-output method allows the detailed description of a regional economy. Based on this description, regional growth pole sectors can be identified that are potential leverage points for growth oriented development strategies. Dynamic simulation tests the long term effects of such a development strategy. Model results show that external demand is the main driving force behind regional economic growth. However, development strategies for lagging rural areas have to be coupled to development strategies for regional centres. Only if the rural areas surrounding regional centres become an important asset for the development of these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural regions; Economic development; Input-output; Dynamic simulation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C6; R11; R15; R23; R58.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24586

Bayesian Model Averaging in the Context of Spatial Hedonic Pricing: An Application to Farmland Values
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotteleer,   Geerte; Stobbe,   Tracy; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Since 1973, British Columbia created an Agricultural Land Reserve to protect farmland from development. In this study, we employ GIS-based hedonic pricing models of farmland values to examine factors that affect farmland prices. We take spatial lag and error dependence into explicit account. However, the use of spatial econometric techniques in hedonic pricing models is problematic because there is uncertainty with respect to the choice of the explanatory variables and the spatial weighting matrix. Bayesian model averaging techniques in combination with Markov Chain Monte Carlo Model Composition are used to allow for both types of model uncertainty.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Bayesian model averaging; Markov Chain Monte Carlo Model Composition; Spatial econometrics; Hedonic pricing; GIS; Urban-rural fringe; Farmland fragmentation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; R11; R15; C50; R14.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37046

LOCAL PARTNERSHIP AS AN INCUBATOR FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF DEBRZNO, NORTH-WESTERN POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the gap in economic development between rural and urban regions in Poland has continuously grown. Increasing income disparities and the lack of job opportunities have already led to an outflow of young people out of and an increasing obsolescence in rural areas. As successful examples in different Polish regions show, endogenous initiatives may have a lasting impact on the economic development of rural areas and are able to counter the mentioned effects. This paper presents the results of a case study which analyses endogenous initiatives in the commune Dêbrzno, Pomorskie voivodship, Poland. The case study results primarily rely on open interviews conducted with inhabitants, representatives of the local government, and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Cooperation; Leader+; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J43; P32; R11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14924

Agriculture and Rural Economic Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.; Gould,   Brian W.; Jones,   Bruce L.
The role of farm dependence and size on rural economic growth is examined with data from 2,240 nonmetropolitan U.S. counties for the period 1990-1995. A simple neoclassical model of regional economic growth is set forth with a central question relating to the role of agriculture on rural economic convergence.  Traditional neoclassical theory predicts that poor rural areas should grow proportionally faster than rich areas.  As interpreted in the academic literature and popular press, a preponderance of small family farms should enhance growth.  Results suggest that a higher level of local dependence on production agriculture could lower growth rates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Production agriculture; Rural development; O47; Q18; R11.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43153

DETERMINANTS OF INVESTMENT FLOWS IN U.S. MANUFACTURING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jason P.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
The purpose of the paper is to test the long-run steady state of growth factors hypothesized to influence U.S. manufacturing investment flows. These factors include agglomeration, market structure, labor, infrastructure, and fiscal policy. Spatial cross-regressive and spatial Durbin models are used to measure the spatial interaction of investment flows. Spatial spillovers are found to be of a competitive nature at the state level, implying that a factor which attracts more investment to a particular state is associated with lower investments in neighboring states. Investment flows to states with higher market demand, more productive labor, and more localized agglomeration of manufacturing activity.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Manufacturing; Investment; Spatial Durbin model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L60; R11; R30.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54835

INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONING FOR THE DIVERSIFICATION PROCESS OF ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nemchenko,   Galina; Tokarev,   Yuriy.
Despite numerous appeals, since the beginning 1987, to diversify the economy of Russia, the aim is not achieved. The article argues that the diversification as a process lacks adequate institutional conditioning. Path-dependency provided stability to economic growth while the structure of economy remains mainly unchanged. Global financial crisis gives  an opportunity  to stir up discussion on diversification as driving factor of innovative development. The author believes that methodology and theory of constructing sustained and diversified productions is mechanically imported from foreign sources, regardless institutional realities of Russian market.  Considering all this, the paper suggests creating institutional framework capable to manage processes of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Diversification of economy; Institutional transformation; Path-dependency; Organizations.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O43; R11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94569

Evaluating the Factors Influecing the Number of Visits to Farmers' Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abello,   Francisco J.; Palma,   Marco A.; Anderson,   David P.; Waller,   Mark W.
The primary objective of this paper was to determine key factors impacting the frequency of consumer visits to Texas farmers’ markets measured in number of visits per month. Data obtained from in-person surveys administered in two farmers’ markets locations were used to determine consumer, market factors, and socio-demographic characteristics of shoppers affecting frequency of visits. The results of the model showed that travel distance, number of adults in the household, market promotional characteristics such as entertainment and education activities, food events, as well as education and age were all determinants of frequency of visits to farmers’ markets.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct marketing; Frequency; Local; Farmers’ markets; Consumer/Household Economics; R11.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119786