Search Results - subject:"conditional convergence"

Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This paper studies the impact of the level and volatility of the commodity terms of trade on economic growth, as well as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital acquisition. We use the standard system GMM approach as well as...

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Human Capital Convergence: Evidence from the Punjab

Afzal, Uzma - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 17 (2012) 1, pp. 45-61

indicators to determine if there has been unconditional and conditional convergence across the districts of Pakistani Punjab over … decades, both unconditional and conditional convergence has taken place in literacy rates across Punjab, and that this has …

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Reforms and interregional convergence in China, 2000-2010 : analysis of conditioned convergence

García de la Cruz, José Manuel; Bo, Feng - In: Applied econometrics and international development 17 (2017) 1, pp. 131-142

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Regional convergence in Europe : evidence from the perspective of capital accumulation in services

Melchor Ferrer, Elías; Mihi-Ramirez, Antonio; Agoh, Eugene - In: Research in economics and business : Central and … 9 (2017) 2, pp. 5-19

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Testing the conditional convergence hypothesis for Pakistan

Jan, Sajjad Ahmad; Chaudhary, A. R. - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 1, pp. 117-128

This study investigates for the existence or non-existence of conditional convergence across the provinces of Pakistan … conditional convergence is estimated through generalized least squares (GLS) method, after controlling for the different steady …

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Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth

Bloom, David E. - 2011

Demographic change in India is opening up new economic opportunities. As in many countries, declining infant and child mortality helped to spark lower fertility, effectively resulting in a temporary baby boom. As this cohort moves into working ages, India finds itself with a potentially higher...

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Heterogeneous Convergence

Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2011

We use U.S. county-level data containing 3,058 cross-sectional observations and 41 conditioning variables to study economic growth and explore possible heterogeneity in growth determination across 32 individual states. Using a 3SLS-IV estimation method, we find that all statistically significant...

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Convergence among the Regions of Turkey: Evidence from Random Coefficient Models

Zeren, Fatma; Yilanci, Veli - In: Business and Economics Research Journal 2 (2011) 1, pp. 143-143

conditional convergence or not for both among the regions and average of the regions. We used the rate of deposits in gross … there is both absolute and conditional convergence for the average of the regions. On the other hand, at the regional level …, there is absolute convergence for 17 regions and conditional convergence for 25 regions. Also, we found that the deposits …

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Augmented Neoclassical Growth Model : A Replication over the 1960-2000 Period (Genisletilmis Neoklasik Büyüme Modeli: 1960-2000 Dönemi Için Bir Replikasyon)

Ulasan, Bulent - Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası - 2011

This paper empirically revisits the augmented neoclassical growth model suggested by Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992, MRW) to answer whether this model is still an appropriate benchmark specification for investigating the relationship between long run economic growth and any particular growth...

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Testing the conditional convergence hypothesis for Pakistan

Jan, Sajjad Ahmad; Chaudhary, A. R. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 1, pp. 117-128

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313072