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physical capital to study the interaction of international capital flows and growth. Analytically, we study conditions under … long-term growth via the accumulation of human capital. Our mechanism shows how a small initial difference in the level of …
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By merging individual data on valuable patents granted in Prussia in the late nineteenth century with county level information on literacy and income tax revenues we show that increases in the stock of human capital not only improved workers ́productivity but also accelerated innovative...
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variability in income levels and their growth rates. We review estimates for a wide range of policy variables. In many cases, the … magnitude of the estimates is under debate. Estimates found by running cross-sectional growth regressions are sensitive to which …
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relationship between education and economic growth that has been found in the empirical macroeconomic literature. Conversely, for a …
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This North-South model of Schumpeterian endogenous growth combines a market, productivity and knowledge effect. A set … of various convergent and divergent growth paths is derived that is much richer than in the literature so far. South …. Not only a larger Southern market size, but also a higher Southern steady state growth rate benefit the North so that …
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We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping … health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the provision of health care diverts labor from productive activities, it … may still fuel R&D and economic growth if the additional wealth that comes with expanding longevity translates into a more …
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We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping … health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the provision of health care diverts labor from productive activities, it … may still fuel R&D and economic growth if the additional wealth that comes with expanding longevity translates into a more …
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We set up an endogenous growth model in which the efficiency of both capital and fossil energy can be improved, whereas … states: one stagnant where energy is fully derived from the alternative energy source, and one with balanced growth where …
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between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can … (economic growth). Our findings for the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People Republic of China and India (ACI …) economies are two-fold: first, we observed that for low values of economic growth, inequality and growth bear an inverted U …
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