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After a period of convergence where many perceived the country as a success case, Portugal’s economic performance proved to be disappointing in the last decade. In this study we focus on the relationship between technology and economic catching-up in order to answer to two major questions: (i)...
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technological innovation, and to adopt and to implement efficiently technology from abroad. However, the role of human capital as a …
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hypothesis of growth transitions. The results show that the first phase of India’s faster-growing regime during 1980-2002 was … significant amount of untapped long-run growth potential. Consistent with the prediction of the model, the growth surge … experienced during 2003-2007 reflects the capital accumulation-driven part of the growth transition. Despite the turbulent years …
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specific role of the EU peripheral countries in the process. In this paper we focus on the growth performances of two of such … EU. In the last decade, Spain has shown one of the worst productivity growth records among EU-members, whereas Portugal … heterodox streams of research, suggests that sectoral specialization may have a major impact on productivity growth, by …
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The phenomenon of population ageing and its influence on the economic growth of countries has long been the focus of … literature. Using bibliometric techniques and based on 144 articles centred on ageing and economic growth gathered from Scopus … ageing and economic growth, most notably consumption and saving patterns, and human capital; 3) there is a growing need in …
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resource riches with lower economic growth. We show the main theories that attempt to explain the curse ? ranging from the …
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exports and economic growth. Since several European Union (EU) countries face strong recessions in the sequence of the … economic crisis and the related fiscal consolidation measures, exports emerge as a meaningful source of growth for developed … structures of exports shape the growth dynamics for the EU countries. Using panel data estimation to 23 of the 27 EU members over …
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We use an extensive dataset on occupational wages to measure the manufacturing skill premium and evaluate the importance of the main drivers in literature plus the effects of natural resources and institutions. Results, regarding a panel of 21 countries between 1987 and 2003, suggest the...
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This study re-evaluates the impact of natural resources on growth using panel data and a factor-efficiency accounting …
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economic growth through capital efficiency in: (i) countries with medium and low income per head from East Asia & Pacific and …
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