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This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …
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We analyze recent contributions to growth theory based on the model of expanding variety of Romer (1990). In the first part, we present different versions of the benchmark linear model with imperfect competition. These include the “labequipment” model, labor-for-intermediates” and...
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Price and output level convergence between new member states and the existing EU necessarily implies inflation and … nominal criteria are suspended, the policy instruments required to achieve euro convergence are in the hands of the individual …
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For the standard kernel density estimate, it is known that one can tune the bandwidth such that the expected L1 error is within a constant factor of the optimal L1 error (obtained when one is allowed to choose the bandwidth with knowledge of the density). In this paper, we pose the same problem...
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focused on the administrative convergence, considering that it is impossible to conceive a strong European construction … tries to emphasize few signs of convergence between Romanian and Bulgarian employment policy …
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Unlike economies as a whole, manufacturing industries exhibit unconditional convergence in labor productivity. The … the period since 1990. The coefficient of unconditional convergence is estimated quite precisely and is large, at 3 …
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patterns of convergence and divergence of European minimum income schemes in the period 1992/2001-2012. We expand on previous … studies on convergence of social assistance schemes in at least three ways. First, this paper provides a recent and detailed … contextualize our findings with regard to convergence and to clarify the underlying policy measures. Finally this paper covers a …
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measured with national poverty lines, the crisis seems to have halted, but not (yet) substantially reversed the convergence …
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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)....
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large increases in minimum income benefits has been pursued, leading to a remarkable convergence of relative benefit levels. …
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