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In this paper, we examine the relationship between employment and economic growth in the most populated island in Indonesia, Java, specifically in West Java. When Indonesia suffered a dreadful economic crisis during 1997/1998, none of the regions or sectors survived its impact, especially farm...
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trend in unemployment, which appears to be related to the slowdown of economic growth. However, the relation between … unemployment and a slowing growth pattern stems from an external variable: a rapid increase in the cost of labor. There are many …, therefore creating unemployment. Second, because the cost of labor rises, firms will begin replacing labor with capital until …
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Human capital is generally considered as a positive contributor in the economic growth. In this study, we estimate this relationship using time series data of Pakistan for the period 1978 to 2007. A health adjusted education indicator for human capital is used in the standard Cobb-Douglas...
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The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of institutions on the economic growth and examine whether the … institutions indeed are important in determining the long-run economic growth. However, the impact of the institutions on economic … institutions are more effective in developed region as compared to developing region. More specially, control over corruption, rule …
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foreign technologies and establish institutions favorable to economic growth. I explore the threshold between the seemingly … reaching a certain threshold, however, the primary driver of economic growth appears to shift from geography to institutions. …
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Much empirical research has highlighted the importance of institutions and initial conditions in the transition to a …
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institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …
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We use a set of established growth models, which simultaneously include human capital and R&D, to show that the effect of mortality rate in human capital accumulation is quantitatively more important than the effect of perfectly guaranteed patents on research. First, we show that the effect of...
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institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …
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La presente obra se centra en uno de los problemas fundamentales de nuestra época: el desenvolvimiento económico de la convergencia y el crecimiento en las regiones considerando a las instituciones y el comercio internacional. A lo largo del libro el autor discute los modelos teóricos y...
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