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Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - EconWPA - 2004
This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the intricate time path of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory argues that social, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125645
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THE WORLD ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. THIS CHALLENGE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125934
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THE WORLD ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS:AN ARCHITECTURAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. THIS CHALLENGE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118737
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Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy
Acs, Zoltan J.; Desai, Sameeksha - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090492
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that - when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090569
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Self-Employment and Unemployment in Spanish Regions in the Period 1979-2001
Golpe, Antonio; Stel, Andre van - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper investigates the relation between changes in self-employment and changes in unemployment at the regional level in Spain in the period 1979-2001. We estimate a vector autoregression model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van Stel and Thurik (2005) using a data base for Spanish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090596
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OIL POLICY IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT(1958-1992)
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
OIL AS AN ENERGY PROPELLER, IS THE LARGEST INTERNATIONALLY TRADED COMMODITY THAT SHOWS HIGHLY VISIBLE INTERPLAY OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN THE DETERMINATION OF ITS INVESTMENT, PRODUCTION, TRADE AND PRICING POLICIES. THIS UNIQUENESS, NO DOUBT DEMANDS A WELL ARTICULATED OIL POLICY FOR AN OIL...
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IS A TAX CUT ON CULTURAL GOODS CONSUMPTION ACTUALLY DESIRABLE?:A MICROSIMULATION ANALYSIS
Prieto-Rodriguez, Juan; Romero-Jordan, Desiderio; … - EconWPA - 2004
Proposals for tax cuts on cultural goods represent an ongoing debate in cultural policy. The main aim of this paper is to shed some light on this debate using microsimulation tools. First, we have estimated an Almost Ideal Demand System for nineteen different groups of goods, including cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076605
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Creating and Enforcing Norms, With Special Reference to Sanctions
Posner, Richard; Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 1999
Two central puzzles about social norms are how they are enforced and how they are created or modified. The sanctions for violation of a norm can be categorized as automatic, guilt, shame, informational, bilateral- costly, and multilateral-costly. Problems in creating and enforcing norms are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076640
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Thinking in Chinese vs. Thinking in English: Social Preference and Risk Attitudes of Multicultural Minds
King, Li King - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper investigates whether language priming activates different cultural identities and norms associated with the language communicated with respect to social preference and risk attitudes. Our contribution is on identifying the conditions where there will be language priming effects. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519522