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The "V-Factor": Distribution, Timing and Correlates of the Great Indian Growth Turnaround

Ghate, Chetan; Wright, Stephen - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

The ratio of Indian to US per capita output over the past 45 years has displayed a distinctive "V"-shaped pattern. We show that a strikingly similar V-shaped pattern is visible not just in aggregate output .figures, but also as the primary determinant of long-term movements in the...

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Is Technical Progress Sectorally Concentrated?: An Empirical Analysis for Western European Countries

Schiersch, Alexander; Belitz, Heike; Gornig, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

Previous research shows that technical progress at the industry level, measured by sectoral TFP growth, is more … localized in continental European countries than in Anglo-Saxon countries. We use EU KLEMS data sets to decompose sectoral TFP … technological progress is much more evenly distributed across sectors than TFP. …

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Ukrainian Firm-Level Export Dynamics: Structural Analysis

Shevtsova, Yevgeniya - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

The paper studies the dynamics of exporting activity at the extensive and intensive margins and its impact on the firm-level total factor productivity growth for Ukraine manufacturing and service sectors in 2000-2005. The estimation is performed for different types of export markets...

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International Trade and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Ukraine

Shevtsova, Yevgeniya - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

firms for the years 2000-2005. The results of the estimation show that firms with higher total factor productivity (TFP …

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Nested Stochastic Possibility Frontiers with Heterogeneous Capital Inputs

Erber, Georg; Madlener, Reinhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of the U.S. at the macroeconomic level. The stochastic possibility frontiers approach of Battese and Coelli (1992) applied here is used to identify neutralities or non-neutralities...

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Income Satisfaction Inequality and Its Causes

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...

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Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany

Myck, Michal; Ochmann, Richard; Qari, Salmai - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

There is by now a lot of evidence showing a sharp increase in cross-sectional wage and earnings inequality during the 2000s in Germany. Our study is the first to decompose this cross-sectional variance into its permanent and transitory parts for years beyond 2000. Using data from the German...

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Remittances and Children's Capabilities: New Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005-2008

Kröger, Antje; Anderson, Kathryn - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

The Kyrgyz Republic is one of the largest recipients of international remittances in the world; from a Balance of Payments measure of remittances, it ranked tenth in the world in 2008 in the ratio of remittances to GDP, a rapid increase from 30th place in 2004. Remittances can be used to maintain...

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China's Overt Economic Rise and Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in GDP, albeit with a GDP per capita at the low level of a developing country. Its tremendous economic development has overlooked the growing social inequalities and rising...

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The Impact of Oil Revenues on the Iranian Economy and the Gulf States

Dreger, Christian; Rahmani, Teymur - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) using...

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