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Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the private return to schooling. We present a simple explanation combining two ideas: imperfect substitution and endogenous skill-biased technological progress and use cross-country...
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This paper explains the pattern and determinants of economic growth of major Indian states during the period of 1960-2008. Particularly, the study analyses the growth pattern of Tamil Nadu and also intra-state growth pattern. The inter-state and intra-state differentials are analyzed with the...
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When types of workers are imperfect substitutes, the Mincerian rate of return to human capital is negatively related to the supply of human capital. We work out a simple model for the joint evolution of output and wage dispersion. We estimate this model using cross-country panel data on GDP and...
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as inequality can be considered a proxy for 'governance...
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When types of workers are imperfect substitutes, the Mincerian rate of return to human capital is negatively related to the supply of human capital. We work out a simple model for the joint evolution of output and wage dispersion. We estimate this model using cross-country panel data on GDP and...
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This paper applies a robust empirical methodology, which considers issues relating to cross-country heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence, to inspect the contributions of gender equality and factor income distribution to an economy's growth path. A dynamic model of aggregate demand is...
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We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and...
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komparativen politischen Ökonomie zusammen, um die makroökonomischen Auswirkungen von Veränderungen in der Einkommensverteilung zu … die relative Bedeutung von Lohnkoordinierung und Einkommensverteilung für die Entstehung globaler Ungleichgewichte. Wir … beeinflusste Leistungsbilanzsalden sowohl direkt, aber vor allem indirekt über Effekte auf die Einkommensverteilung. Wir testen das …
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