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Productivity, computerization, and skill change
Wolff, Edward N. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001645379
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Engines of Growth in the U.S. Economy
ten Raa, Thijs; Wolff, Edward N. - 2015
There is good reason to believe that R&D influences on TFP growth in other sectors are indirect. For R&D to spill over, it must first be successful in the home sector. Indeed, observed spillovers conform better to TFP growth than to R&D in the upstream sectors. Sectoral TFP growth rates are thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145003
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Productivity, Computerization, and Skill Change
Wolff, Edward N. - 2021
is positively related to industry productivity growth. The effects are very modest -- adding at most 0.07 percentage … points to annual labor productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313640
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Productivity, Computerization, and Skill Change
Wolff, Edward N. - 2002
is positively related to industry productivity growth. The effects are very modest -- adding at most 0.07 percentage … points to annual labor productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469972
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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Why are saving rates so high in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008934967
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Why are saving rates so high in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2011
existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic … structure ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126989
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The Effect of Life Expectancy on Fertility, Saving, Schooling and Economic Growth : Theory and Evidence
Zhang, Jie; Zhang, Junsen - 2005
We construct a simple growth model where agents with uncertain survival choose schooling time, life-cycle consumption and the number of children. We show that rising longevity reduces fertility but raises saving, schooling time and the growth rate at a diminishing rate. Cross-section analyses...
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Deconstructing household wealth trends in the United States, 1983 - 2013
Wolff, Edward N. - 2016
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Is wealth becoming more polarized in the United States?
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor);  … - 2001
Recent work has documented a rising degree of wealth inequality in the United States between 1983 and 1998. In this paper, we look at another dimension of the distribution, polarization. Using techniques developed by Esteban and Ray (1994) and further extended by D'Ambrosio (2001), we examine...
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