This study uses Fehr et al. [Fehr, H., Jokisch, S., & Kotlikoff, L. J. (2004a). The role of immigration in dealing with the developed world's demographic transition. FinanzArchiv, 60, 296-324; Fehr, H., Jokisch, S., & Kotlikoff, L. J. (2005). The developed world's demographic transition--the roles...

The ineffectiveness of policy advice in most African countries could be attributed, amongst others, to the problem of scientists not being able to present or communicate a holistic solutions to policy challenges. As a result, the potential and actual consequences of policies are seldom...

This paper analyzes the sources of U.S. productivity growth in recent years using both aggregate and industry-level data. We confirm the central role for information technology (IT) in the productivity revival during 1995-2000 and show that IT played a significant, though smaller, role after...

The level of productivity doubled in the U.S. nonfarm business sector between 1970 and 2006. Wages, or more accurately total compensation per hour, increased at approximately the same annual rate during that period if nominal compensation is adjusted for inflation in the same way as the nominal...

This paper investigates the relationship between nominal exchange rate volatility and dollarization in Nigeria by applying Granger causality test for the period 1986 (1)-2003 (4). Previous theoretical and empirical studies on this issue provided conflicting results. The empirical results of...