Search Results - "Hidalgo, A A"
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Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality
Published in World development (01-05-2017)“…•Economic complexity is a negative and significant predictor of income inequality.•The complexity of an economy co-evolves with the inclusivity of its…”
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Computer vision uncovers predictors of physical urban change
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-07-2017)“…Which neighborhoods experience physical improvements? In this paper, we introduce a computer vision method to measure changes in the physical appearances of…”
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building blocks of economic complexity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-06-2009)“…For Adam Smith, wealth was related to the division of labor. As people and firms specialize in different activities, economic efficiency increases, suggesting…”
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The policy implications of economic complexity
Published in Research policy (01-11-2023)“…In recent years economic complexity has grown into an active field of fundamental and applied research. Yet, despite important advances, the policy…”
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The collaborative image of the city: mapping the inequality of urban perception
Published in PloS one (24-07-2013)“…A traveler visiting Rio, Manila or Caracas does not need a report to learn that these cities are unequal; she can see it directly from the taxicab window. This…”
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The network structure of economic output
Published in Journal of economic growth (Boston, Mass.) (01-12-2011)“…Much of the analysis of economic growth has focused on the study of aggregate output. Here, we deviate from this tradition and look instead at the structure of…”
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Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility
Published in Scientific reports (25-03-2013)“…We study fifteen months of human mobility data for one and a half million individuals and find that human mobility traces are highly unique. In fact, in a…”
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Cities Are Physical Too: Using Computer Vision to Measure the Quality and Impact of Urban Appearance
Published in The American economic review (01-05-2016)“…For social scientists, developing an empirical connection between the physical appearance of a city and the behavior and health of its inhabitants has proved…”
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Augmenting the availability of historical GDP per capita estimates through machine learning
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-09-2024)“…Can we use data on the biographies of historical figures to estimate the GDP per capita of countries and regions? Here, we introduce a machine learning method…”
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The role of immigrants, emigrants and locals in the historical formation of European knowledge agglomerations
Published in Regional studies (01-09-2024)“…Did migrants make Paris a mecca for the arts and Vienna a beacon of classical music? Or was their rise a pure consequence of local actors? We use data on more…”
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The dynamics of nestedness predicts the evolution of industrial ecosystems
Published in PloS one (19-11-2012)“…In economic systems, the mix of products that countries make or export has been shown to be a strong leading indicator of economic growth. Hence, methods to…”
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Optimal diversification strategies in the networks of related products and of related research areas
Published in Nature communications (06-04-2018)“…Countries and cities are likely to enter economic activities that are related to those that are already present in them. Yet, while these path dependencies are…”
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Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (27-07-2007)“…Economies grow by upgrading the products they produce and export. The technology, capital, institutions, and skills needed to make newer products are more…”
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Links that speak: The global language network and its association with global fame
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-12-2014)“…Significance People have long debated about the global influence of languages. The speculations that fuel this debate, however, rely on measures of language…”
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The time and frequency of unrelated diversification
Published in Research policy (01-10-2022)“…•We study the frequency and timing of unrelated diversification using two international trade datasets.•We introduce a method to identify periods when…”
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Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (22-05-2009)“…We modeled the mobility of mobile phone users in order to study the fundamental spreading patterns that characterize a mobile virus outbreak. We find that…”
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Proto-genes and de novo gene birth
Published in Nature (London) (19-07-2012)“…Novel protein-coding genes can arise either from pre-existing genes or de novo ; here it is shown that functional genes emerge de novo through transitory…”
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Humans judge faces in incomplete photographs as physically more attractive
Published in Scientific reports (10-01-2020)“…Attractive people are perceived to be healthier, wealthier, and more sociable. Yet, people often judge the attractiveness of others based on incomplete and…”
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A dynamic network approach for the study of human phenotypes
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-04-2009)“…The use of networks to integrate different genetic, proteomic, and metabolic datasets has been proposed as a viable path toward elucidating the origins of…”
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Spillovers across industries and regions in China's regional economic diversification
Published in Regional studies (03-07-2021)“…Industrial diversification depends on spillovers from related industries and nearby regions, yet their interaction remains largely unclear. We study economic…”
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