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Discusses the causes of recent economic problems in Los Angeles, CA, & the nature of long-term strategies for economic revitalization. Despite recent economic recovery in the entertainment, telecommunications, apparel, light manufacturing, & international trade industries, unemployment & an increasing welfare burden persist. In terms of structural evolution, the major impediments to economic growth in the region have been the high costs of local production, overly strict regulatory restraints, & massive loss of government support for Los Angeles's aerospace & defense industries. Cyclical factors inhibiting growth include overbuilding in the real estate market, oversupply of office space, decreased demand for construction, & erosion of the financial services industry. It is argued that long-term growth can be achieved through positive exploitation of Los Angeles's unique advantages: geographic location as a gateway for trade with the Pacific Rim & Latin America, & the population diversity necessary for consolidation & expansion of trade relations. However, these advantages have been undermined by racial & economic polarization, high costs of living & production, erosion of the transportation system, pollution, decline in public education, & deterioration of public safety. 3 Tables, 7 References. T. Sevier

Wbile the Israeli experiment in new town development included an attempt to integrate immigrants of disparate African, Asian and European backgrounds, subsequent development patterns indicate that neighbourhood stratification has occurred based upon population origin, date of immigration and local housing conditions. This analysis develops a hedonic price model which enables the specification and testing of the segmentation hypothesis. Disaggregation by neighbourhood reveals significant variation in the magnitude and sign of implicit prices and thus conflicts with the assumption of a unified housing market model.

This study evaluates the determinants of Palestinian migration from the West Bank and Gaza. Data are employed for the post-1967 period of Israeli rule to specify and test competing models as well as the structure of expectations in the migration decision. Results of the analysis support a simple static expectation formulation, as is consistent with much of the short-term, low mobility cost migration between the West Bank and Jordan. Findings further point to the importance of various Israeli-Palestinian economic and political economic interactions in the determination of this controversial movement of population, including those associated with employment opportunity for Palestinian labour in Israel, elements of Israeli West Bank settlement policy and changes in local standard of living. Various policy implications of the research are indicated.

International audience ; This study evaluates the determinants of Palestinian migration from the West Bank and Gaza. Data are employed for the post-1967 period of Israeli rule to specify and test competing models as well as the structure of expectations in the migration decision. Results of the analysis support a simple static expectation formulation, as is consistent with much of the short-term, low mobility cost migration between the West Bank and Jordan. Findings further point to the importance of various Israeli-Palestinian economic and political economic interactions in the determination of this controversial movement of population, including those associated with employment opportunity for Palestinian labour in Israel, elements of Israeli West Bank settlement policy and changes in local standard of living. Various policy implications of the research are indicated.