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Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2004

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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Early Starts, Reversals and Catchup in The Process of Economic Development

Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - EconWPA - 2004

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades …

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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES

SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004

Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches … Agriculture, leaving a surplus for export and strides in Industry, Atomic Research, and Space Exploration in India. The author …. ================================================================ Between 1972 and 1981, the author was a Social worker in India, and a Honorary Consultant for the effective implementation and …

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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004

In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions related to the Inputs and Outputs ensures to keep this ratio in a favourable condition. When this is integrated with a Broad-Scope of Socio-Economic Development (SED). Qualitative...

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Social capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an assessment of the influence that different kinds of social ties exert on labour precariousness, on the state of health of urban environments and on the economic performance in Italy. Overall, the empirical evidence shows that weak ties connecting members of voluntary...

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Social capital, labour precariousness and the economic performance. An empirical assessment of the strength of weak ties in Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

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How Do People Learn by Listening to Others? Experimental Evidence from Thailand

Healy, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents experimental evidence about how individuals learn from information that comes from inside versus outside their ethnic group. In the experiment, Thai subjects observed information that came from Americans and other Thais that they could use to help them answer a series of...

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CORRUPTION AROUND THE WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2004

The causes and consequences of corruption have attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Central in the discussion on the impact of corruption are perception-based indices. While informative, these indices are ordinal in nature and hence provide no indication...

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Singing all the Way to the Bank: The Case for Economic Development through Music in Cape Verde

Saab, Samer - EconWPA - 2005

There has been an increasing awareness within the developed world that the cultural industries may play an important role in economic development. The fact that most of the commercial cultural industries have relatively low distribution costs, and that the gains from the mass production of a...

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The Productivity Gap between East and West Europe: What Role for Sectoral Structures during Integration?

Stephan, Johannes - EconWPA - 2004

Analysis into the sources of lower levels of national productivities between Central East European Economies and the European Union is scarce and lacks comparability. These sources are assessed by analysing the role played by sectoral structures. After providing a brief overview over comparative...

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