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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"regional disparities"”.
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Decentralization, Structural Change and Regional Disparities in Colombia
… between 1968 and 2000 in terms of interregional and intraregional disparities. The results indicate that spatial spillover effects increase the intra and inter regional inequalities in educational infrastructure. While decentralization is associated with higher infrastructure growth …
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Regional economic growth in China: towards an analysis of regional disparities in a socialist economy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1973. B.S.
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Does Artificial Intelligence Bias Exist in Mortgage Underwriting Software? Investigating Bias, Regional Disparities, and Fair AI Models
<p>This quantitative study closely emulated Zou and Khern's (2022) analysis of AI Bias in Mortgage Applications. They used the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) dataset from the Federal Financial Institution Examination Council's (FFEIC) website to review mortgage loan data from 2019 to determine …
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THE INTEGRATION OF SECOND - GENERATION MIGRANTS: EXPLORING LABOUR MARKET DYNAMICS IN ITALY.
… Italy, with its recent migration history and regional disparities, offers a compelling yet understudied context for investigation. This study seeks to fill this research lacuna by analysing data from the ISTAT Labour Force Survey spanning from 2018 to 2022. Through the application of …
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Oligopoly, regional development and the political economy of separatism, with a case study of the United Kingdom and Scotland
… aims to explain the link between separatism and regional development disparities. The argument presented is that inter-regional economic conflicts (such as about inter-regional fiscal redistribution) easily emerge between regions at different levels of development, and that under certain …
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Towards a Mercosur regional development fund? : transferring European Union experience
… member states can establish a common approach to regional development, and what Mercosur can learn from the European Union experience of regional development funds. Through an extensive statistical analysis this thesis maps and profiles regional disparities in Mercosur in order to expose the …
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Regional income disparities in Indonesia: measurements, convergence process, and decentralization
… of this dissertation is spatial inequality, or regional disparities, driven by two primary motivations. First, spatial inequality can contribute to the overall inequality across households or individuals. Second, spatial inequality can jeopardize the fabric of society, upsetting social and …
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Depression and metabolic syndrome across epidemiological transition
… the United States (US), emphasizing gender and regional disparities. Methods: Secondary data of 446 participants from the METS (2008-2010) and METS- Microbiome study (2017-2019), a prospective cohort, were analyzed. MetS was defined as meeting at least three of the following criteria: elevated …
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SCVI: Bridging Social and Cyber Dimensions for Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment
… modalities while identifying demographic and regional disparities. Comparative analyses with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) highlight SCVI's superior sensitivity to socio-technical risks. Monte Carlo-based weight variability analysis …
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Inovações disruptivas no mercado de trabalho brasileiro: panorama atual e perspectivas
… men by the adoption of technology. And there are regional disparities, with higher levels of exposure to AI and automation observed in different sectors by state.
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Urban Land Use Efficiency in the United States: Assessing UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
… indicator for 2,229 urban areas and examines regional and temporal trends. Results indicate that urban land area increased by 23% over two decades, while population grew by 31%, suggesting a moderate trend toward densification. The median LCRPGR declined from 0.838 (2000–2010) to 0.627 …
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Naděje dožití bez demence v Evropě
… countries, with a focus on sex, age, and regional disparities. The analysis is based primarily on data from the Dementia in Europe Yearbook 2019 and the Human Mortality Database. Dementia-free life expectancy is calculated using Sullivan's method, based on prevalence rates of dementia and …
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Power in Transition: The Spatial Variation of Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan
… through balanced economic growth, reducing regional disparities, and inclusive policies toward all citizens. Lack of cohesion and instability result from poorly managed government expenditures, clan politics, and policies toward minority ethnic groups. I examine territorial cohesion in …
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Dispersion of agglomeration through transport infrastructure
… (3) bridges the spatial discontinuity between regional and urban studies by introducing intercity accessibility as a determinant of intra-city land uses. I apply the proposed framework to study the spatial economic impacts of China's high-speed rail system at network, corridor, and node (city) …
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Water resources management in the eastern Caribbean : a study of the two small island developing states, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados
… Tobago are abundant in relation to demand, wide regional disparities exist. Shortages are related to this uneven distribution but moreover, because of the inefficient operations of the national water authority. Through the rehabilitation and modernisation of the systems at the water authorities, …
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The political consequences of uneven development in Sudan : an analysis of political struggles, with special reference to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA)
… and process of contemporary uneven development, regional disparities and political violence as reflected in the recurrent civil wars in Sudan.The Study confirmed the general outcry from the masses, that socioeconomic and political disparities and injustices imposed on the Sudanese people by …
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Examining the Value of Industry-Recognized Certifications in Illinois Secondary Career and Technical Education Programs
… (ISBE) to facilitate the development of a regional evaluation framework to ensure IRCs deliver real benefits statewide. Furthermore, the study calls for standardized processes for evaluating and selecting IRCs to reduce regional disparities and maximize their long-term impact on the …
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Developing an Activity-Based Model for City-Scale Cross-Sectoral Energy and Carbon Emissions Management
… applications in Shanghai and Manchester reveal regional disparities in the adoption of flexible working patterns and their energy implications. In Manchester, home-based working reduces both travel and building energy demand, while in Shanghai, it results in increased residential energy use and …
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Non-Peripheral: Re-Thinking the Organized Industrial Zone
… urban planning, impacts on the environment, regional disparities, and social equity. In exploring the evolving relationships between OIZs and the urban texture, sped up by expanding boundaries and changing paradigms in the industry, I submit that the design of OIZs should not be peripheral in …
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