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Human capital, trade, and public policy in rapidly growing economies : from theory to empirics

Boldrin, Michele (ed.); Chen, Been-Lon (ed.); Wang, Ping (ed.) - International Conference on Economic Growth <Zhong yang … - 2004

Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today exhibits a predilection for perpetual self-improvement. In...

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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges

Djellal, Faridah - 2008

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic … problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first … part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the …

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Growth, unemployment, and deindustrialization

Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2000

dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … endogenous growth theory, economic growth and unemployment, labour market economics and industrial organization …

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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy

Nahuis, Richard - 2003

of wage inequality between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and the relatively low productivity growth experienced … technological revolution, describe why this does not necessarily result in high productivity growth and outline the best methods to … measure productivity in the new economy. This exhaustive exploration of productivity growth and wage inequality between high …

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Inspiring economics : human motivation in political economy

Frey, Bruno S. - 2001

Bruno S. Frey illustrates what he perceives to be the inspirational quality of economics and how this differs from the type of economics studied in many academic institutions. He introduces insights into economics from a psychological perspective, dealing with issues such as transformation of...

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Recent advances in neo-Schumpeterian economics : essays in honour of Horst Hanusch

Pyka, Andreas (contributor); Hanusch, Horst (contributor) - 2009

comprehensive economic theory encompassing industry, the public sector and financial markets …

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Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis

Brent, Robert J. (contributor) - 2009

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost-benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on standard...

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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin

Tobin, James - 2003

Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...

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Firms, governments, and economic change : an entrepreneurial perspective

Yu, Tony Fu-Lai - 2001

, it applies the Austrian theory of human agency and evolutionary theories of the firm to explain economic organisation …

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