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R & D sector outsourcing, human capital formation and growth in the context of developed versus developing economies
Basu, Sujata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
An advanced economy relies on innovation activity for its further technology improvement. On the other hand a backward … economy depends on both imitation from the world technology frontier and innovation activities - innovation being more skilled … innovation-only regime to an imitation-innovation regime. I show that dependence on imitation activities rises and as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108699
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Adult Education in Turkey: Stylized Facts, Determinants and Further Issues
Dinçer, N. Nergiz; Tekin-Koru, Ayça - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We provide a novel set of stylized facts on individuals engaging in adult education using the Adult Education Survey (AES) conducted by TurkStat for the first time. This way we provide the first evidence on the determinants of participation in adult education in a developing country, Turkey. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110079
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Влияние на човешкия капитал върху икономическия растеж (България, 1949-2005 г.)
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In Bulgaria, during the transition to market-oriented economy, many analyzes are based on the widely held view that one of the positive legacies of the economies in transition (particularly that of Bulgaria) is the high level of human capital. The high degree of development of education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259237
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Poor’s behaviour and inequality traps: the role of human capital
Lombardo, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
, instead of the assumption of markets imperfections, by introducing a methodological innovation which connects the presence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260074
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Institutionally Induced Human Capital Vintages and Economic Growth in Transition
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa; Ganev, Kaloyan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper we introduce additional parameters of the economic environment related to some notion of “distance” to institutions in a simple formal model. This distance could be viewed as an uneven spatial distribution (or coverage) of institutions with respect to population distribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325652
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Economic Growth—Human Capital Nexus in Post-Soviet Ukraine, 1989-2009
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of economic growth and the possible impact of human capital on economic growth in Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Poland, and Hungary during the period of 1989-2009. This research defines place and role of human capital in the process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786950
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Brain Drain, Brain Gain, and Economic Growth in China
Ha, Wei; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper examines the effects of both permanent and temporary emigration on human capital formation and economic growth of the source regions. To achieve this end, this paper explores the Chinese provincial panel data from 1980 to 2005. First, the fixed effects model is employed to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559037
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Экономический рост: образование как фактор производства
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of the possible impact of human capital on economic growth in transition economies of Ukraine, Russia, Poland, and Hungary during the period of 1990-2007. This research defines place and role of human capital in the process of transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835778
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Fertility decline, baby boom and economic growth
Murphy, Kevin M; Simon, Curtis; Tamura, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
We present new data documenting the secular decline in fertility in the states of the United States, the dramatic convergence in fertility, child schooling, parental schooling, survival probabilities. In addition we document the disparate nature of the Baby Boom in the United States. There were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621631
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Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Welfare Consequences of Asymmetric Growth
Murphy, Daniel P - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A common presumption is that increased growth in the aggregate enhances the welfare of both the rich and the poor. I show that instead, as the rich get richer, the welfare of the poor may decline if the underlying growth is asymmetric. There are two distinct and complementary explanations:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871296