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The Rise in Returns to Education and the Decline in Household Savings
Chanda, Areendam - EconWPA - 2005
the past two decades, the return to college education has increased relative to high school education leading economists … negative relationship between returns to education and savings rates across most of the past century and also a negative … relationship between education spending and savings rates across OECD countries. In this paper, we present a model where a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076792
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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach
Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005
Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407739
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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en Guatemala
Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003
conservation within a framework of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. El presente trabajo explora las causas de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407648
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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en
Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003
conservation within a framework of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. - El presente trabajo explora las causas de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407693
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A STUDY ABOUT POVERTY, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEPRIVATION IN INDIA
sivakumarmarimuthu; sarvalingam - EconWPA - 2004
This paper deals with poverty, health, education and human deprivation among Indian States. Human development evaluates … poverty, health, education lead the poor to indulge in the vicious circle. Uplifting the poor from these deprivations is … imperative for overall development. This paper proposes a new formula to analyse human deprivation by the help of poverty line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413022
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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en
Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003
conservation within a framework of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556109
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Who Are Schooled in Urban Pakistan?
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Ali, Karamat - EconWPA - 2005
Pakistan is severely disadvantaged by its failure to achieve higher levels of human development. Low enrolment thirty years ago is reflected in the lower educational level of today’s labor force, lower productivity and lower adaptation of technology. Even today less than half of the school-age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561544
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Econometric Estimation of Parameters of Preservation of Perishable Goods in Cold Logistic Chains
Verbic, Miroslav - EconWPA - 2004
Paper discusses the parameters of preservation of perishable goods in cold logistic chains. The key parameters are the intensity of deterioration of goods, the conservation effect of perishable goods and the delay of activation of the conservation effect. The values of these parameters tell us...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407992
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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076554
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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
Nigeria is going through a difficult political and economic transition after decades of independence.Yet, Nigeria remains a society rich in cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic and political diversity. Today, the average Nigerian struggles hard to make ends meet; sees himself or herself as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076578