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Urban–rural links in relaunching left-behind places: the case of Portuguese municipalities 重启落后地区的城乡联系：葡萄牙市政当局的案例

IF 2.9 2区经济学

Journal of Economic Geography Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae037

Luisa Alamá-Sabater, Miguel Á Márquez, Emili Tortosa-Ausina, Júlia Cravo

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Regional government institutions and the capacity for women to reconcile career and motherhood 地区政府机构和妇女兼顾事业与母性的能力

IF 2.9 2区经济学

Journal of Economic Geography Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae041

Costanza Giannantoni, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

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Economic geography’s contribution to understanding the circular economy 经济地理学对理解循环经济的贡献

IF 2.9 2区经济学

Journal of Economic Geography Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae040

Sébastien Bourdin, André Torre

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Digital platforms and the reconfiguration of global production networks 数字平台与全球生产网络的重组

IF 2.9 2区经济学

Journal of Economic Geography Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae039

Philip Verfürth, Veronique Helwing-Hentschel

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Consumption zones 消费区