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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

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Distance to Which Frontier? Evidence on Productivity Convergence from International Firm-level Data

Bartelsman, Eric J; Haskel, Jonathan; Martin, Ralf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

towards the global frontier country, perhaps due to learning and knowledge spillovers. More recently, studies within countries … are able to benefit from domestic knowledge. …

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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...

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Spatial agglomeration dynamics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper develops a model of economic growth and activity locating endogenously on a 3- dimensional featureless global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering. Economic activity is not concentrated on discrete...

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Spatial Agglomeration Dynamics

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper develops a model of economic growth and activity locating endogenously on a 3-dimensional featureless global geography. The same economic forces influence simultaneously growth, convergence, and spatial agglomeration and clustering. Economic activity is not concentrated on discrete...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136721

Cross-country growth comparison : theory to empirics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

of knowledge and technology in economic growth. …

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Productivity and Convergence in a Panel of OECD Industries: Do Regulations and Institutions Matter?

Scarpetta, Stefano; Tressel, Thierry - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

We analyse the impact of innovation activity and product and labour market institutions on multi-factor productivity in … of innovation activity (proxied by R&D expenditure) on productivity depends on market structure and technological … analyse de l'impact des règlements et des institutions<BR><P>Dans ce papier, nous analysons l’impact de l’innovation et de la …

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What drives productivity growth in the new EU member states? The case of Poland

Kolasa, Marcin - European Central Bank - 2005

is found on immediate technology transfer. Another result is a significant effect of domestic innovation activity. There … results obtained provide some policy implications and make the case for taking into account domestic innovation activity while …

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Estonia: Making the Most of Globalisation

Price, Robert W.R.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Estonia has already experienced many benefits of increasing international integration, most obviously in significant convergence. From the Russian crisis in 1998 to the great recession in 2009 Estonia gained an impressive 20% in GDP per capita relative to the EU27 average in PPPs. Like the other...

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Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

innovation activities. The selection of high-skill managers is more important for innovation activities. As the economy … investments, but little selection. Closer to the world technology frontier, there is a switch to an innovation-based strategy with …

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