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In this article, we investigated which of the convergence hypotheses - absolute, conditional or club - best describes the movement of the income per worker for the countries of Latin America and East Asia between 1960 and 2000 using the methodology proposed by Johnson and Takeyama (2003). The...
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In this paper, we evaluate the income convergence hypothesis in Latin America and East Asia between 1960 and 2000 through the use of quantile regressions to estimate growth equations. This approach allows us to assess how the effect of policy variables on per worker income growth rate can vary...
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This paper presents a new and alternative approach within the empirical literature dealing with inequality. It investigates to what extent are the dynamics of income inequality in economies affected by the changes in the components of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The basic idea is that asset...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between institutions, income distribution and growth in post-Keynesian tradition. Therefore, we developed a model that seeks to illustrate the way in which income distribution affects economic growth. Furthermore, we aim to show that the...
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between institutions, income distribution and growth in post-Keynesian tradition. Therefore, we developed a model that seeks to illustrate the way in which income distribution affects economic growth. Furthermore, we aim to show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530215
, that the growth of the variable can be accelerated gradually with the gradual increase in the investment rate and … this scenario, the country would reach the end of the decade with an investment rate of more than 22% of GDP. Thus, if the … and attract private investment, the prospects for the decade would be very promising, after the extremely negative decade …
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This paper aims at discussing the implications of informality in Brazil by presenting new evidence on value added, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we developed counterfactual exercises for these variables in...
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This paper aims at discussing the implications of informality in Brazil by presenting new evidence on value added, occupations, and in labor productivity in the formal and informal sectors, disaggregated by economic activity. Moreover, we developed counterfactual exercises for these variables in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483719
, that the growth of the variable can be accelerated gradually with the gradual increase in the investment rate and … this scenario, the country would reach the end of the decade with an investment rate of more than 22% of GDP. Thus, if the … and attract private investment, the prospects for the decade would be very promising, after the extremely negative decade …
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