The dynamic impact of financial market capitalisation on South Africa's unemployment and economic growth is empirically explored in this study using the finance-augmented Solow model framework. South Africa's high rate of structural unemployment and its robust financial market, which is at the...

We study the interaction of education in adolescence and labor force participation around retirement age and its effect on cognitive abilities for individuals in Europe. Besides a direct long-run effect of education, indirect ones may arise, specifically through labor force participation. We...

We investigate a bracketing property that purports to yield upper- and lower bounds on the treatment effects obtained from a fixed effects- and lagged dependent variable model. Referencing both analytical results and a Monte Carlo simulation, we explore the conditions under which the bracketing...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone policy of the European Union, increasingly focused on promoting environmentally sustainable practices. In 2014, the CAP introduced Greening payments and a crop diversification requirement to enhance soil resilience and mitigate ecosystem...

Due to the global threat of climate change, investigating the interplay between environmental factors and environmental quality is crucial for effective policy implementation to achieve environmental sustainability. This study examines the influence of economic growth, energy utilization,...