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What does human capital do? : a review of Goldin and Katz’s The Race between Education and Technology
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H. - 2012
Goldin and Katz's The Race between Education and Technology is a monumental achievement that supplies a unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488819
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The Equipment Hypothesis and U.S. Economic Growth
Field, Alexander J. - 2009
In several articles published in the 1990s, de Long and Summers argued that investment in producer durables had a high propensity to generate externalities in using industries, resulting in a systematic and substantial divergence between its social and private return. They maintained, moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766620
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From miracle to mediocrity? : explaining the growth slowdown of the Korean economy
Kangand, Duyong; Park, Sungkeun - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 45 (2023) 4, pp. 23-56
To investigate the causes of Korea’s growth slowdown over the past thirty years, we estimate the contributions of major developmental factors, including i) demographic factors (changes in population growth and workforce age due to the demographic transition), ii) quality-of-life-related choice...
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Die ökonomische und wirtschaftspolitische Entwicklung Lateinamerikas nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Foders, Federico - 2001
In diesem Beitrag wird zunächst das Wirtschaftswachstum Lateinamerikas im Zeitraum 1950-2001 im internationalen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495369
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Supporting Africa’s Post-Crisis Growth : The Role of Macroeconomic Policies
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2011
The objective of this paper is to discuss macroeconomic policies that would help African countries, especially the low income countries, reach strong, sustained and shared growth in the post-crisis world. The paper first reviews, with a special focus on LICs, macroeconomic policies in Africa...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131525
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Economic resilience in developing countries : the role of democracy in the face of external shocks
Ahmed, Salahuddin; Trabelsi, Mohamed Ali - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 1, pp. 23-34
Objective: The objective of this article is to examine the role of democracy in strengthening the resilience of developing economies in the face of exogenous negative external shocks. Research Design & Methods: To achieve our research objectives, we used the duration model to estimate how...
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Political economy of industrialization and industrial parks in Ethiopia
Kebede, Selamawit G.; Heshmati, Almas - 2023
This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes. Further, it evaluates the different industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013498899
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Macroeconomic determinants of exit from aid-dependence
Hailu, Degol; Shiferaw, Admasu - 2012
This paper analyses macroeconomic aspects of exit from aid-dependence. By 'exit from aid', we mean substantial and enduring decline over time in Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The relevant macroeconomic variables are identified by systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293266
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Macroeconomic determinants of exit from aid-dependence
Hailu, Degol; Shiferaw, Admasu - 2012
This paper analyses macroeconomic aspects of exit from aid-dependence. By 'exit from aid', we mean substantial and enduring decline over time in Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The relevant macroeconomic variables are identified by systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009502923
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A model of technology transfer in Japan's rapid economic growth period
Aoki, Shuhei - 2011
technology transfer, where firms in a developed country (the U.S.) transfer technology to the competitors in a developing country … (Japan) if it is profitable to do so and where the technology transfer is the engine of economic growth. In this model, among … the developed country transferred technology to the firms in the developing country, resulting in rapid growth. However …
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