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This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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(COMPUTABLE)GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH, THAT IS A RENEW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY , EMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY THAT EARLIER STRATEGIES …PERHAPS, POVERTY AND PLENTY IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHALLENGE. THIS STUDY THEREFORE PROPOSE AN APPLIED … FOCUSING ON RAPID GROWTH WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE. USING NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY, WE PERFORM THE SPECIFICATION, ESTIMATION AND …
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This work is focused on identifying the relationship an economic system and its policies have with the environment. The biosphere is chosen in particular as object of analysis but this can be extended by means of an ecosystem recursive properties. The common factor involved in the relationship...
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emergence of a new superpower that increasingly poses a threat to the U.S. This paper examines the economic growth prospects of … China over the next two decades. Extrapolating past real GDP growth rates into the future, the size of the Chinese economy … economic power by almost any measure. The extrapolations are supported by two types of considerations. First, China’s growth …
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emergence of a new superpower that increasingly poses a threat to the U.S. This paper examines the economic growth prospects of … China over the next two decades. Extrapolating past real GDP growth rates into the future, the size of the Chinese economy … economic power by almost any measure. The extrapolations are supported by two types of considerations. First, China’s growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062447
LISTE EINIGER WICHTIGER ABKÜRZUNGEN 4 ZUM GELEIT 6 EINFÜHRUNG UND PROBLEMAUFRISS - INTERNATIONALE SOZIALPOLITIK BEDEUTET FÖRDERUNG DER KONVERGENZ DER LEBENSBEDINGUNGEN 7 TEIL A: SOZIALRECHT UND SOZIALPOLITIK DER EU 14 1) ENTWICKLUNGSLINIEN UND GRUNDPRINZIPIEN DER EUROPÄISCHEN SOZIALPOLITIK...
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This paper analyses changes in the distribution of equivalised gross household income and income inequality in New … these factors on alternative summary measures of inequality over the period. We find that changes in household structure and … in the socio-demographic characteristics of households are the main factors contributing to the rise in inequality, while …
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productive are the main reasons for the existence of a poverty trap with a high population growth rate and little or no schooling …. Interventions such as taxes and subsidies can lead to sustained long-term economic growth, with fulltime schooling and a low … population growth rate, even without outside aid, if the child-raising costs are not too high and the educational process is at …
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constraints, economic reforms and growth. A dynamic panel analysis suggests public support for reform is negatively associated … with income inequality and unemployment. Both the ex post and ex ante political constraints of public support affect … progress in economic reform, which in turn influences economic growth. The findings highlight that while economic reforms are …
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Growth regressions have provided important insights into the impact of economic reforms on growth in transition … such as the importance of sequencing and reform speed. The results indicate a broad-based reform policy is good for growth … restructuring affect growth negatively. Swift reform policies allow transition countries to benefit from higher growth for a longer …
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