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Urban and Real Estate Economics
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Mapping creative capabilities: skill composition and regional specialisation in the cultural and creative industries
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130094&r=&r=ure
Published: January 31, 2026 00:00
This study provides the first conceptual and empirical framework to evaluate the cultural and creative industries’ (CCIs) skill composition by utilising the revealed skill requirements method. First, it identifies the most important skills within and…
Migration Background and Attitudes Towards Military Service: Evidence from Sweden’s Conscription System
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:umnees:1041&r=&r=ure
Published: January 16, 2026 00:00
A deteriorating security environment has led to a renewed interest in understanding individuals’ willingness to fight for their country. This study examines how attitudes towards military conscription service differ between native-born youth and those with…
Born out-of-season: Talent Allocation and Economic Conditions
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:cbsnow:2026_002&r=&r=ure
Published: January 12, 2026 00:00
This paper studies how regional economic conditions, birth timing, and institutional rules shape talent allocation into high-risk/high-reward payoff structure occupations. Using rich data on English-born professional footballers and exploiting exogenous…
Consistent Local Geographic Units across Argentine Censuses, 1895-2022: Evidence from Economic Activity in 1895 and 1960.
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cte:whrepe:48819&r=&r=ure
Published: January 9, 2026 00:00
This paper has two main contributions. The first one is to present a new data set with 360 consistent local geographic units (CLGU henceforth) defined by matching the departments of each population census in Argentina between 1895 and 2022; this structure…
Gateways, funnels, and stackers: how people hide property ownership through offshore structures
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130696&r=&r=ure
Published: January 9, 2026 00:00
How do wealthy individuals use offshore financial structures like shell companies to protect personal assets? And how is such offshore wealth structuring itself variably organized? Moving beyond conceptualizations of offshore as concerning only individual…
South Africa’s Fragmented Cities : The Unequal Burden of Labor Market Frictions
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11285&r=&r=ure
Published: January 8, 2026 00:00
Using high-resolution administrative, census, and satellite data, this paper shows that South African cities are characterized by spatial mismatches between where people live and where jobs are located, relative to 20 global peers. Areas within 5…
Nudging at Scale : Evidence from a Government Text Messaging Campaign during School Shutdowns in Punjab, Pakistan
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11286&r=&r=ure
Published: January 8, 2026 00:00
Text and voice messages have emerged as a low-cost and popular tool for nudging recipients to change behavior. This paper presents findings from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the impact of an information campaign using text and voice…
Why Does Voluntary Participation Distort Educational Outcomes? An Institutional Analysis of School Based Decision Making Programs in India
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:edarxi:qmnfb_v1&r=&r=ure
Published: January 8, 2026 00:00
Educational programs that aim to improve decision making and financial understanding are often designed around voluntary participation. The underlying assumption is that students who are interested, motivated, or capable will naturally choose to take part,…
Not Cashing In on Cashing Out: An Analysis of Low Cash-Out Refinance Rates
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fip:fedpwp:102303&r=&r=ure
Published: January 7, 2026 00:00
Lowering a borrower’s interest rate is one of the most effective ways to reduce a borrower’s debt burden. Mortgage refinancing offers a chance to shift debt balances from high-interest loans into a low-interest mortgage through “cashing out” some of the…
Knowledge economy, internal migration, and local labour markets
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130106&r=&r=ure
Published: December 31, 2025 00:00
The spatial concentration of knowledge-intensive activities can generate multiplicative effects at the local level. This paper examines how employment growth in knowledge-intensive and tradable sectors affects wage, days worked, and internal migration of…