We analyze the determinants of Canadian unemployment in a framework incorporating demand and supply-side variables: the interest rate, taxation, foreign activity, minimum wages, union density, demographic pressure, unemployment insurance, terms of trade. The model is estimated with 500...

This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of convergence. We analyse a sample of Italian regions between 1963 and 1993 and find strong evidence that both mechanisms were at...

We analyze the determinants of Canadian unemployment in a framework incorporating demand and supply-side variables: the interest rate, taxation, foreign activity, minimum wages, union density, demographic pressure, unemployment insurance, terms of trade. The model is estimated with 500...

The authors estimate an education production function in which attainment depends upon parental inputs, peer group inputs, and schooling inputs. They find that parenting is much more important than schooling. The most powerful parental input is parental interest in education for which ordinary...

This paper investigates why smaller farms appear to use land more intensively than larger farms in India. Using data from 400 small farms in Gujarat, the authors find the inverse relationship between output per hectare and farm size is explained by regional variations in fertility and labor...