Search Results - subject:"Distribution dynamics"

Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? : A Cross-National Perspective on Gender Income Mobility

Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2003

We compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the United States using the GSOEP-PSID Cross-National Equivalent File. Our main interest is to test whether a glass ceiling exists for women. Conventional thinking about the glass ceiling highlights the belief that the...

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Trade advantages and specialisation dynamics in acceding countries

Zaghini, Andrea - 2003

The paper analyses the evolution of the trade specialisation pattern in the ten countries which will join the EU in 2004, by studying the dynamics of their comparative advantages over the period 1993-2000. The study finds that, although some countries are still broadly relying on natural...

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Convergence club empirics: Some dynamics and explanations of unequal growth across Indian states

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - 2003

This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over the period 1965 to 1998. It departs from traditional analyses of convergence by tracking the evolution of the entire income distribution, instead of standard regression and time series analyses. The findings reveal...

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Trade advantages and specialisation dynamics in acceding countries

Zaghini, Andrea - European Central Bank - 2003

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Convergence club empirics: some dynamics and explanations of unequal growth across Indian states

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

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Nonlinear Economic Growth: Some Theory and Cross-Country Evidence

Fiaschi, Davide; Lavezzi, Andrea Mario - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2003

The paper aims to test the existence of different regimes in the growth process. We propose a simple nonlinear growth model which features different relationships between growth rate and income level. We iden tify its testable implications in terms of state space dynamics. By estimating Markov...

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Convergence Club Empirics: Some Dynamics and Explanations of Unequal Growth across Indian States

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2003

, distribution dynamics, infrastructure, capital investment, macroeconomic stability, panel data, India. JEL classification: C2 … distribution dynamics approach, Markov chains are used to approximate and estimate the laws of motion of the evolving distribution …. The intra-distribution dynamics information is encoded in a transition probability matrix (or a stochastic kernel), and …

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LA ARMONIZACIÓN CONTABLE EN LAS CC.LL. EUROPEAS: LA INFLUENCIA DEL ENTORNO

Fuertes, Inmaculada; Muñoz, Manuel Illueca; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2003

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the pattern of convergence of theeconomic environments that characterise the European Local Governments. In thisregard, our findings suggest that the key factors of the environment have not tended toconverge across Europe. The convergence has taken...

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EU regional convergence and policy: Does the concept of region matter?

Maza, Adolfo; Villaverde, José - In: Journal of Policy Modeling 33 (2011) 6, pp. 889-900

: administrative (NUTS2) and functional (Metropolitan) regions. From a methodological point of view, a distribution dynamics approach …

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The Dynamics of Labour Productivity Across Italian Provicnes: Convergence and Polarization

FIASCHI, Davide; GIANMOENA, Lisa; PARENTI, Angela - In: Rivista Italiana degli Economisti 16 (2011) 2, pp. 209-240

This paper analyses the dynamics of labour productivity across Italian Provinces in the period 1995-2006. Inequality decreased but a clear pattern of polarization emerged, with the formation of a cluster of high-productive provinces in the North and Centre-West of Italy and a cluster of...

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