{"title":"Geography of medical care","authors":"Nebahat Tokatli","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf037","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers the practice of handing over potentially high-cost medical problems to low-cost but presumably competent providers in far-away countries.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145247141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martín Arias-Loyola, Francisco Vergara-Perucich, Felipe Encinas
{"title":"Bargaining the dark side? Fragmented extractivist governance under hybrid political arrangements in the Chilean copper and lithium industries","authors":"Martín Arias-Loyola, Francisco Vergara-Perucich, Felipe Encinas","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf036","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how bargaining power is exercised by an extractivist state across political arrangements and spatial scales within global extractive production networks. Focusing on Chile’s copper and lithium sectors, it introduces the concept of fragmented extractivist governance: a mode through which the state selectively deploys neoliberal, rentier, and developmentalist logics to shape who benefits from, and who bears the costs of, resource-based exploitation. The article contributes empirically by analysing Chile’s hybrid governance dynamics, and conceptually by theorizing multiscalar state strategies that (re)produce territorial inequalities, challenging conventional views of state cohesion in extractive economies.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"110 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145215918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The geography of cultural capital: measuring neighborhood-level gaps in access as a key driver of social mobility","authors":"Andrew Eisenlohr, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf040","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the spatial manifestation of cultural capital, an increasingly central means by which social inequalities are demarcated. To conduct our analysis, we measure both linear and transportation network distances between neighborhoods and representative amenities of cultural capital within the twelve most populous American metropolitan areas. By classifying neighborhoods according to their residents’ income and educational attainment levels, we identify consistent and geographically based gaps in access to cultural capital that favor the socially advantaged, particularly in terms of educational attainment. These results highlight how local geographies mediate access to social mobility. We recommend policy interventions accordingly.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145195388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linking labour regimes and socio-ecological fixes: the low-carbon transition of electricity production in Greece","authors":"Vasiliki Krommyda, Stelios Gialis, Anastasia Stratigea","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf039","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the reorganisation of capital–labour relations during the transition from coal to renewable energy (RE) by conceptually and empirically linking socio-ecological fixes and labour regimes. Based on mixed-methods research in the main Greek coal region, we unveil the structural conditions and the key agents at play at different scales. The findings reveal a profit-driven and path-dependent logic that drives land grabbing for RE and the exploitation of precarious labour to sustain capital accumulation. The counter-agency of local and regional authorities, unions, and grassroots movements reflects the contested geographical imaginaries that either maintain or challenge the dominant power structures.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145154121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bence Boje-Kovacs, Ismir Mulalic, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen
{"title":"The domino effect: exploring residential mobility in the aftermath of municipal mergers","authors":"Bence Boje-Kovacs, Ismir Mulalic, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf038","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we investigate the impact of municipal mergers on residential mobility in a quasi-natural experiment setting by examining how the local economic environment and neighbourhood composition respond to the loss of local public administration. Using comprehensive neighbourhood-level data from Denmark spanning 1996 to 2015, we find that the loss of the town hall triggers emigration, leading to a reduction in locally supplied public goods. This affects the local housing market and job availability, leading to lower housing prices, higher wages, and longer commutes. Ultimately, the loss of the town hall has major negative consequences for the inhabitants.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customary land conversion in sub-Saharan African cities","authors":"Pierre M Picard, Harris Selod","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf023","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an urban model to discuss the conversion of customary agricultural land to formal and informal residential land in developing country cities. Because customary land sales are insecure, migrant buyers face a risk of eviction, which affects land markets in non-trivial ways. Tenure risk and asymmetric information likely cause insufficient urban development. Empirical tests of the model for Bamako, Mali, confirm the existence of tenure insecurity and information asymmetry in the primary land market, but not in the secondary market, consistently with information revelation after initial sales by customary holders.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145089677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multi-scale story of the diffusion of a new technology: the Web","authors":"Emmanouil Tranos","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf035","url":null,"abstract":"This article investigates the spatial diffusion of a new technology that is the Web in the UK. It employs novel data and machine learning methods to model the influence of well-established diffusion mechanisms. Contrary to previous studies, it adopts multiple scales, high spatial granularity and a long study period that captures the early stages of the Web until its maturity (1996–2012). Findings reveal the importance of such spatial mechanisms (namely distance, urban hierarchy and the S-shaped pattern of the cumulative level of adoption) even at granular scales. They also highlight spatial heterogeneity and instances of leapfrogging.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144930632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matteo Alpino, Irene Di Marzio, Maurizio Lozzi, Vincenzo Mariani
{"title":"Labor market spillovers of a large plant opening. Evidence from the oil industry","authors":"Matteo Alpino, Irene Di Marzio, Maurizio Lozzi, Vincenzo Mariani","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf024","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the labor market spillovers associated with the establishment of a large oil extraction facility in a peripheral commuting zone in Southern Italy, focusing on the period of physical investment. Employing a synthetic difference-in-differences design with commuting zone-level census data, we find no evidence of an impact on overall employment or the total number of establishments. However, we estimate positive effects in sectors supplying goods and services to the oil industry and among large firms. As for the latter finding, we estimate positive within-firm employment effects using social security micro-data.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144906284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The geopolitical underpinning of global value chains and production networks: US–China technological rivalry in a longer-range perspective","authors":"Benjamin Selwyn, Christin Bernhold, Dara Leyden","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf033","url":null,"abstract":"Since the Covid-19 pandemic and the heightening of US–China tensions, Global Value Chain (GVC) and Global Production Network (GPN) research has begun to pay more attention to geopolitics. This article argues however, that far from representing a recent phenomenon, geopolitics has underpinned the formation and expansion of GVCs and GPNs. Early GVC and GPN 2.0 literatures did not integrate geopolitical considerations into their conceptual frameworks. To remedy this gap, this article advances the notion of the imperialist chain as a key element in the emergence and expansion of GVCs/GPNs. The notion denotes a structured although contested hierarchy of political-economic formations—entailing hegemonic and counter-hegemonic alliances—where leading states employ geopolitics to maintain their and their firms’ prime positions. China’s catch-up development challenges this structured hierarchy. This article focusses upon the US’s attainment and attempts to maintain its dominant position within the imperialist chain (and of US-firms in GVCs) through control over core technologies. It shows how (a) geopolitical concerns were central to early investments in core technologies by the US and more recently by China, (b) such investments contributed to enabling US firms to attain lead firm status in many GVCs/GPNs, and (c) geopolitical relations underpin contemporary attempts by the US state to repress Chinese technological development.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144825495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Fourth Italy: a contemporary account of the Italian economic geography","authors":"Stefania Fiorentino, Nicholas A Phelps","doi":"10.1093/jeg/lbaf032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf032","url":null,"abstract":"We update Bagnasco’s work on the Third Italy and its interpretative model of Italy’s economic geography adding a Fourth Italy to the existing taxonomy of productive systems. This new conceptual model frames the emergence of Italian Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs) of start-ups in several cities. We describe their characteristics, localization, and institutional patterns. The Fourth Italy and its cognitive capitalist production highlights some situated agglomeration externalities. Current policies supporting EEs have often exacerbated existing patterns of uneven development, following a logic of economic convergence. We call for place-sensitive policy at the meso-level, to enhance the regenerative power of EEs and the development of the Fourth Italy.","PeriodicalId":48251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Geography","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}