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Are there Regional Variations in the Psychological Cost of Unemployment in South Africa?

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates. Using cross-sectional data from the SALDRU93 survey, we show...

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Is the Structure of Happiness Equations the Same in Poor and Rich Countries? The Case of South Africa.

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

similar structure and is U-shaped in age in South Africa as in developed countries. Well-being rises with income. Unemployment …

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Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

from the OHS97 survey of South Africa, we show that victims report significantly lower well-being than the non …

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Exports and Economic Growth in Namibia, 1968-1992

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - EconWPA - 2003

This short paper analyzes Namibia's data from 1968 to 1992 in order to determine the role of exports in economic growth. The analysis confirms the general importance of exports, but finds no discernible sign of accelerated growth because of it. There is some evidence supporting the political...

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Meditating on "Slow Growth in Africa" - New Evidence or Just Ol' Stuff?

Amavilah, V. Heinrich - EconWPA - 2003

Economic Perspectives (Summer, 1999: 3-114) published a collection of symposium papers on “Slow Growth in Africa”. Clearly the … collection added volume to Africa’s literature on the subject. However, the different opinions the papers expressed did little to … enhance current understanding of Africa’s economic performance, mainly because the papers paint very different pictures of the …

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Resource Inefficiency and Poor Aggregate Economic Performance in African Countries: The Case of Namibia, 1968-1992

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - EconWPA - 2003

This essay develops a transcendental variable elasticity of substitution (Trans-VES) production function in which hypotheses concerning scale, output-input, and substitution, elasticities can be examined. The objective is to determine the impacts of domestic resources on the pattern of economic...

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Endogenous TFP and Cross-Country Income Differences

Cordoba, Juan Carlos; Ripoll, Marla - EconWPA - 2005

This paper explores the quantitative implications of a class of endogenous growth models for cross-country income differences. These models exhibit international spillovers, no scale effects and conditional convergence, and thus they overcome some difficulties faced by the early generation of...

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Uluslararasi Gelir Dagilimi ve Yakinsama Klupleri Uzerine Gorgul Bir Arastirma

Attar, M. Aykut - EconWPA - 2005

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Is Public R&D a Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence

David, Paul A.; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Toole, Andrew A. - EconWPA - 2000

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Determinants of Economic Growth and the Role of Human Capital in New Growth Models [in Turkish]

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2005

This paper briefly summarizes and discusses that type of new growth models which are based on externalities created by investments in human capital. ***** TURKCE OZET: Bu makalede, yeni/içsel buyume modellerinin beseri sermayeye dayali turlerini ozetlemekte ve degerlendirmektedir. [Calisma...

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