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Heterogeneous technology and panel data : the case of the agricultural production function

Mundlak, Yair; Butzer, Rita; Larson, Donald F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

The paper presents empirical analysis of a panel of countries to estimate an agricultural production function using a measure of capital in agriculture absent from most studies. The authors employ a heterogeneous technology framework where implemented technology is chosen jointly with inputs to...

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Does high technology matter? An application to United States regional growth

Boltho, Andrea; King, Robert - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1990

This paper studies the influence of"high technology"on the growth of output by using cross-section data on U.S. states. An eclectic approach to the"sources-of-growth"literature leads to the estimate of a"base"equation which explains about half of the differences in per capita GSP growth rates of...

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Neither a borrower nor a lender : does China's zero net foreign asset position make economic sense?

Dollar, David; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

position is far away from what is predicted by open-economy models and cross-country empirics. It seems reasonable to assume …

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Patterns of long term growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Arbache, Jorge Saba; Page, John - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

Using the most recent purchasing power parity data for 44 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper examines the characteristics of long run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors investigate the following issues: cross-country income structure, income convergence, the country level...

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Markups, returns to scale, and productivity : a case study of Singapore's manufacturing sector

Kee, Hiau Looi - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002

accounting (production function) technique, Young (1992, 1995) found no sign of TFP growth in the aggregate economy and the …

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Has Latin America's post-reform growth been disappointing?

Easterly, William; Loayza, Norman; Montiel, Peter - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997

After years of poor economic performance, many Latin American countries undertook ambitious programs of macroeconomic stabilization andstructural reform in recent years. This change in policy created high expectations for the region, and some observers have questioned whether actual growth...

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Firm Productivity in Bangladesh Manufacturing Industries

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2006

The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data from a recent survey. She obtains TFP measures by making use of firm-specific deflators for output and inputs. Controlling for industry, location, and year fixed effects, she...

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Where has all the education gone?

Pritchett, Lant - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1996

Cross-national data on economic growth rates show that increases in educational capital resulting from improvements in the educational attainment of the labor force have had no positive impact on the growth rate of output per worker. In fact, contends the author, the estimated impact of growth...

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Vietnam - on the road to labor-intensive growth ?

Belser, Patrick - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000

Since Vietnam's adoption of the doi moi or renovation policy in 1986, the country has been undergoing the transition … from central planning to a socialist market-oriented economy. This has translated into strong economic growth, led by the …, that employment growth has lagged. To address this concern, the author compares new employment data from the Vietnam Living …

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Natural disasters and the dynamics of intangible assets

Lopez, Ramon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

equilibrium ramifications of subsistence traps are developed. The main issue is that the economy may be subject to hysteresis: A … temporary shock such as a natural disaster may leave permanent consequences for the economy. An obvious permanent effect of a … incentives to invest in human capital and may even propel a formerly stagnating economy into a virtuous path of continuing growth. …

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