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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces : A Panel Data Analysis

Shiu, Alice - 2006

We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...

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Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth : The Case of Chinese Provinces

Heshmati, Almas - 2010

In the literature technical change is mostly assumed to be exogenous and specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect technical change. In this paper we model technical change via time trend (purely external non-economic) as well as...

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Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries

Heshmati, Almas - 2007

Starting from the recent UNICEF publications on child poverty in the developed countries, which received a wide audience in the political and scientific world, in this paper we further analyze the UNICEF study data base and present three composite indices that are multidimensional and...

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Analysis of Pay Inequality and Its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Lee, Jeong-Dong; Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Yunhee - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality is estimated by using Theil's index to identify the factors determining the level of pay inequality, and establish its relationship with economic growth and performance. For the...

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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - 2008

This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...

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Do Environmental Regulations Effect FDI Decisions? The Pollution Haven Hypothesis Revisited

Yoon, Haeyeon - 2017

In an attempt to verify the pollution haven hypothesis, this study investigates the impact of environmental regulations on foreign direct investment (FDI). We use Korean outward FDI data covering the manufacturing sector for 2009-15. The study not only considers the stringency but also the...

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The Economics of Healthy Ageing in China

Heshmati, Almas - 2016

Healthy ageing is a challenge for many countries with significant shares of elderly people. Literature refers to China … ageing, policy practices and measures, organization, finances and manpower resources to promote healthy ageing in China. Up … drawn with respect to conditions of healthy ageing in China and about the state policy in this regard …

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Integration of Technological and Social Components in a Smart Urban Development Model : A Case Study of China

Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022

The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement … China at the province level. Second a multidimensional index of the networking among the components is computed. The index … index is used to rank provinces in China by development of level of the networking among public infrastructure components …

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Analysis of Gender Wage Differential in China's Urban Labor Market

Su, Biwei - 2012

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China's urban labor market using the 2009 survey data …

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Development and Sources of Labor Productivity in Chinese Provinces

Su, Biwei - 2012

As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform and openness, the development and sources …

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