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Sugimoto, Yoshiaki - EconWPA - 2005

This research develops a theory about the role of within-country income inequality leading to overtaking in economic … performance among countries. The theory captures two opposing effects of inequality on factor accumulation and suggests that the … inequality, a less egalitarian economy follows a higher growth path in the short run, with a lower growth path in the long run …

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Is Islam really a development blockade? 12 predictors of development, including membership in the Organization of Islamic Conference, and their influence on 14 indicators of develo...

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

, speaks a clear language in favor of Islamic democracy and against those in the West that attempt to treat Islamic cultural … Conference has – ceteris paribus – a very positive effect on political democracy, on life expectancy, and on our indicators of …

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Tectonic shifts in the structures of international inequality?

TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005

penetration. Keywords: cross-section models, income distribution, inequality, international economic order, economic welfare …

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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,...

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Growth and Convergence across the U.S: Evidence from County-Level Data

Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

rate); (3) federal, state and local government negatively correlates with growth; (4) the relationship between educational …

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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data

Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew - EconWPA - 2004

We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...

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China’s Economic Growth 1978-2025: What We Know Today about China’s Economic Growth Tomorrow

Holz, Carsten A. - EconWPA - 2005

Views of the future China vary widely. While some believe that the collapse of China is inevitable, others see the 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...

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Mortality Rate and Property Rights in a Model with Human Capital and R&D

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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Sigma-Convergence Versus Beta-Convergence: Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data

Young, Andrew; Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we outline (i) why ó-convergence may not accompany â- convergence, (ii)cite evidence of â-convergence in the U.S., (iii) and use USA county-level data containing over 3,000 cross-sectional observations to demonstrate that ó-convergence does not hold across the U.S., or within...

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Growth and Convergence across the US: Evidence from County-Level Data

Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

counties converge 2½ times faster than Northeastern counties; (3) government size at all levels (federal, state and local) is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412718

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