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| Gebremariam, Gebremeskel H.; Gebremedhin, Tesfa G.; Schaeffer, Peter V.; Phipps, Tim T.; Jackson, Randall W.. |
| In this paper we develop a spatial panel simultaneous-equations model of business growth, migration behavior, local public services and median household income in a partial lag-adjustment growth-equilibrium framework and utilizing a one-way error component model for the disturbances. This model is an extension of the jobs follow people or people follow jobs literature and it improved previous models in the growth-equilibrium tradition by: (1) explicitly modeling local government and regional income in the growth process; (2) explicitly modeling gross in-migration and gross out-migration separately in order to spell out the differential effects, which used to be glossed over under net population change in previous studies; (3) explicitly incorporating... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9895 |
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| Bukenya, James O.; Gebremedhin, Tesfa G.; Schaeffer, Peter V.. |
| This paper examines the relationship between quality of life, health and several socioeconomic variables. The analysis utilizes empirical data obtained from a survey questionnaire administered on a random sample of over 2000 residents in twenty-one counties in West Virginia, and spatial data obtained by geocoding the survey respondents' addressees. Quality of life is measured by a three-point categorical measure of overall satisfaction and an ordered probit model is used to examine the relationships. The empirical results are consistent with the theoretical predictions and indicate, for instance, that quality of life satisfaction increases with income and education while it decreases with unemployment. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19878 |
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