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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data

Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew - EconWPA - 2004

We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...

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Convergence in Growth Rates: The Role of Capital Mobility and International Taxation

Razin, Assaf; Yuen, Chi-Wa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

We consider the role of capital mobility and international taxation in explaining the observed diversity in long-term income growth rates. Under perfect capital mobility, international differences in taxes will not matter for total growth differentials. Policy differences have a role to play in...

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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005

Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...

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Convergence in Growth Rates: A Quantitative Assessment of the Role of Capital Mobility and International Taxation

Razin, Assaf; Yuen, Chi-Wa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

We provide an exploratory quantitive analysis of the role of capital mobility and international taxation in explaining the observed cross-country diversity in the long-run rates of growth of per capita and total incomes as well as the population growth rates. Corroborative evidence is found for...

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Capital Humano y Crecimiento Económico en México (1970-2000). Human Capital and Economic Growth in Mexico.

Bautista, Alejandro Diaz; Dominguez, Mauro Diaz - EconWPA - 2004

En los últimos años, se han realizado diversos estudios a nivel mundial utilizando el modelo de crecimiento y convergencia económica, a través de países y de regiones. Para el caso de México, hasta la segunda mitad de los noventas comienza el análisis empírico de la convergencia...

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IQ in the Ramsey Model: A Naive Calibration

Jones, Garett - EconWPA - 2005

I show that in a conventional Ramsey model, between one-fourth and one- half of income differences across countries can be explained by a single factor: The steady-state effect of large, persistent differences in national average IQ on worker productivity. These differences in cognitive...

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British Economic Growth Since 1945: Relative Economic Decline .... and Renaissance?

Bean, Charles R; Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper contains a thorough review of explanations for the weak British growth performance of the 1950s through the 1970s and an assessment of the long-term implications of the 1980s attempt to escape from relative decline. The analysis draws on recent work in growth theory and places...

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Technologies and practices for constructing knowledge in online environments : advancements in learning

Ertl, Bernhard (contributor) - 2010

"This book details practices of and technologies for e-collaborative knowledge construction, providing insights in the …1. Computer support in E-collaborative learning-by-doing environments / Lin Qiu -- 2. Collaborative knowledge …. Collaborative knowledge construction with Web video conferencing / Stylianos Hatzipanagos, Anthony Basiel, Annette Fillery …

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Trends and effects of technology advancement in the knowledge society

Lytras, Miltiadis D. (contributor); … - 2012

look at the impact of information technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of today's world … developing knowledge societies / Ravi S. Sharma, Elaine W.J. Ng, Mathias Dharmawirya, Ekundayo M. Samuel -- Toward building the … knowledge culture: reviews and a KC-STOPE with Six Sigma View / Saad Haj Bakry, Abdulkader Alfantookh -- Trust building process …

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Knowledge and technological development effects on organizational and social structures

Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose (contributor) - 2013

sociotechnical view of technological determinism / Liza Potts -- Towards a conceptual knowledge management system based on systems … Jokonya, Stan Hardman -- When knowledge management drives a strategic transformation project: the case of a Brazilian Air … Force organisation / Alexandre Velloso Guimarães -- Boundaries of socio-technical systems and IT for knowledge development …

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