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Golinelli, Roberto; Rovelli, Riccardo - 2011

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Are we there yet? Time for checks and balances on new institutionalism

Iyigun, Murat - 2012

New institutionalism has had considerable success during the last decade in shepherding the debate on sustained economic development. If the sociopolitical, legal and economic transformations in the Anglo-Saxon world in the last three decades prove anything, however, it is that the late Mancur...

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Are We There Yet? Time for Checks and Balances on New Institutionalism

Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Did Growth and Reforms Increase Citizens' Support for the Transition?

Golinelli, Roberto; Rovelli, Riccardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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Alternative composite Lisbon development strategy indices

Heshmati, Almas; Oh, Jong-Eun - 2005

This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of development for ranking countries. The first index is nonparametric labelled as Lisbon strategy index (LSI). It is composed of six components: general economics, employment,...

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What Accounts for the US Ascendancy to Economic Superpower by the Early 20th Century: The Morrill Act – Human Capital Hypothesis

Ehrlich, Isaac; Cook, Adam; Yin, Yong - 2018

Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to its overtaking the UK as economic superpower. We explore the contributing factors. Identifying the land-grant colleges system triggered by the 1862/1890 Morrill Acts (MAs) as a...

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Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices

Oh, Jong-Eun; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

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The Green Path: FDI's Influence on Asia's Sustainable Economic Growth

Le Ngoc, Anh; Heshmati, Almas - 2025

This study examines the dual impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on sustainable economic growth in Asia, focusing …

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The labor supply and retirement behavior of China's older workers and elderly in comparative perspective

Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Cai, Wei - 2011

This paper highlights the employment patterns of China's over 45 population and, for perspective, places them in the … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees … of exit from work are shown to be much greater in urban China than in rural areas, and also greater than observed in …

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The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective

Giles, John T.; Wang, Dewen; Cai, Wei - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper highlights the employment patterns of China’s over-45 population and, for perspective, places them in the … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees … of exit from work are shown to be much greater in urban China than in rural areas, and also greater than observed in …

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