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Determinants of Human Development: Capturing the Role of Institutions

Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - CESifo - 2011

In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing institutionally driven heterogeneities in the development effects of macroeconomic policies and on comparing the development process as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human...

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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey

Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011

The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...

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Foreign Language Learning: An Econometric Analysis

Ginsburgh, Victor; Melitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - CESifo - 2014

The paper is devoted to an econometric analysis of learning foreign languages in all parts of the world. Our sample covers 193 countries and 13 important languages. Four factors significantly explain learning, two of which affect the broad decision to learn, while two concern as well the choice...

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Genes, Economics, and Happiness

Neve, Jan-Emmanuel De; Christakis, Nicholas A.; Fowler, … - CESifo - 2010

We explore the influence of genetic variation on subjective well-being by employing a twin design and genetic association study. In a nationally-representative twin sample, we first show that about 33% of the variation in life satisfaction is explained by genetic variation. Although previous...

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Withering Academia?

Frey, Bruno S. - CESifo - 2010

Strong forces lead to a withering of academia as it exists today. The major causal forces are the rankings mania, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of “university,” and inadequate organizational forms for modern...

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Language as a Renewable Resource: Import, Dissipation, and Absorption of Innovations

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - CESifo - 2012

The structural stability of different languages subject to the import of external elements is analyzed. We focus on the temporal side of the different processes interacting to produce a change in the structure of the language. That is, the rate of import and dissipation of new elements is seen...

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Ethnic Fractionalization, Governance and Loan Defaults in Africa

Andrianova, Svetlana; Baltagi, Badi H.; Demetriades, Panicos - CESifo - 2014

quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …

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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators

Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2014

Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...

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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence

Skaperdas, Stergios - CESifo - 2009

I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...

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Globalization and the (Mis)Governance of Nations

Blouin, Arthur; Ghosal, Sayantan; Mukand, Sharun - CESifo - 2012

We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, ‘disciplines’ governments and improves governance. We … demonstrate that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country’s vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This … increased threat of capital flight can discipline governments and improve governance and welfare by placing countries in a …

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