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The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital
Felice, Emanuele - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
inequality in Italy.  More particularly, convergence in value added per capita across Italy's regions is tested (through both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004271
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Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - CESifo - 2013
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877959
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Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium: A level-k analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions.  We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004460
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Convergence and Stability in US Regional Employment
Glyn, Andrew; Rowthorn, Robert - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
It is widely believed that regional labour markets in the USA are highly flexible, so that employment shocks have only transitory effects on joblessness since induced migration quickly offsets much of the initial impact. However time-series analysis of the response to shocks is very sensitive to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604964
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GMM Estimation of Empirical Growth Models
Bond, Stephen; Hoeffler, Anke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001
This paper highlights a problem in using the first-differenced GMM panel data estimator to estimate cross-country growth regressions. When the time series are persistent, the first-differenced GMM estimator can be poorly behaved, since lagged levels of the series provide only weak instruments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605272
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Reaching Market Equilibrium Merely by Bilateral Barters
Flåm, Sjur Didrik - CESifo - 2013
convergence to market equilibrium. It is expedient that some parties have differentiable objectives or make strictly feasible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721608
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It’s a Big World After All
Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - CESifo - 2007
distance. Furthermore, there is little evidence of income convergence. Using various methods and data sets, we show that many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766052
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A Pair-Wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence
Pesaran, M. Hashem - CESifo - 2004
This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs … of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also …-2000. Overall, the results do not support output convergence, and suggest that the findings of convergence clubs in the literature …
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Long Memory in US Real Output per Capita
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - CESifo - 2009
This paper analyses the long memory properties of quarterly real output per capita in the US (1948Q1 – 2008Q3) using non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric techniques. The results vary substantially depending on the methodology employed. Evidence of mean reversion is obtained in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979424
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Dualism and Cross-Country Growth Regressions
Temple, Jonathan; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2004
This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a differential across sectors in the marginal product of labour, changes in the structure of employment can raise aggregate total factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181232