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Fertility Transition in India - Development and Diffusion
Krishnaji, N. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Fertility trends in India exhibit much spatial variation, with some regions reaching total fertility rates below 2.0 even as others lag far behind with levels above 4.0. The relevant literature is replete with references to the conditions that have promoted or retarded declines in fertility....
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Development Strategy, Optimal Industrial Structure and Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries
Lin, Justin Yifu; Zhang, Pengfei - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper, we develop an endogenous growth model that combines structural change with repeated product improvements. There are two sectors in the present paper, one is traditional sector, and the other is modern sector. The technological progress in the traditional sector takes the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365198
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Service Sector Productivity and Economic Growth in Asia
Lee, Jong-Wha; McKibbin, Warwick J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an empirical general equilibrium model. The model allows for input–output linkages and capital movements across industries and economies, and consumption and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134357
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Service Sector Productivity and Economic Growth in Asia
Lee, Jong-Wha; McKibbin, Warwick J. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an empirical general equilibrium model. The model allows for input–output linkages and capital movements across industries and economies, and consumption and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134376
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Causes of Low Secondary School Enrollment in Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
school attendance. We then find that attrition during the transition between primary and junior secondary education levels is … policy implications of our results point to, among other things, the need for refocusing government education spending and … scholarship programs to target those who go missing from the education system after completing primary education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365071
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Is Economic Growth Sustainable? Environmental Quality Of Indian States Post 1991
Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Kathuria, Vinish - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between environmental quality and per capita NSDP (i.e., Environment Kuznets Curve, EKC) of 14 major Indian States in the light of their very high economic growth in the post-liberalisation period. The analysis involves first ranking the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365185
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Emergence of China and India in the New Millennium : Will it Facilitate Market Access for LDCs and Developing Countries?
Mohanty, S. K.; Chaturvedi, Sachin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
China and India have emerged as highly dynamic economies in recent years. In the Asian region their growth and economic expansion has generated its own complementarities. The paper has empirically shown that surge in the exports of these two countries have significantly contributed to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363489
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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?
Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...
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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Following the Hausmann, et al. (2005) methodology, we attempt to identify the constraints to growth in Pakistan. We argue that governance failure and institutional shortcomings are the heart of the matter : corruption is rampant, judicial independence is low, educational institutions do not...
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How Does Financial System Efficiency Affect the Growth Impact of FDI in China?
Xu, Ying - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
In spite of being the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, China shows limited evidence of considerable FDI benefits on growth (Fan and Hu 2007; Luo 2007; Ran et al. 2007). Motivated by Alfaro et al.s (2003) model, this study tests whether poor financial market development might be responsible...
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