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An Analysis of Employment and Growth in Java after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998: Examining the Role of Farm Activities in West Java

Hirawan, Fajar Bambang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

In this paper, we examine the relationship between employment and economic growth in the most populated island in Indonesia, Java, specifically in West Java. When Indonesia suffered a dreadful economic crisis during 1997/1998, none of the regions or sectors survived its impact, especially farm...

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The Impact of Taxes on Employment and Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries

Seward, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

trend in unemployment, which appears to be related to the slowdown of economic growth. However, the relation between … unemployment and a slowing growth pattern stems from an external variable: a rapid increase in the cost of labor. There are many …, therefore creating unemployment. Second, because the cost of labor rises, firms will begin replacing labor with capital until …

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Human Capital and Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence from Pakistan

Faisal Sultan Qadri, Faisal; Dr. Abdul Waheed, Waheed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Human capital is generally considered as a positive contributor in the economic growth. In this study, we estimate this relationship using time series data of Pakistan for the period 1978 to 2007. A health adjusted education indicator for human capital is used in the standard Cobb-Douglas...

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The Institutions-Growth Nexus: Stages of Development

Nawaz, Saima - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of institutions on the economic growth and examine whether the … institutions indeed are important in determining the long-run economic growth. However, the impact of the institutions on economic … institutions are more effective in developed region as compared to developing region. More specially, control over corruption, rule …

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Reconciling Acemoglu and Sachs: geography, institutions and technology

Veiseh, Nima - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

foreign technologies and establish institutions favorable to economic growth. I explore the threshold between the seemingly … reaching a certain threshold, however, the primary driver of economic growth appears to shift from geography to institutions. …

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Institutions and initial conditions in transition: reconciling neo-institutional and neo-classical conceptions

Vonnegut, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Much empirical research has highlighted the importance of institutions and initial conditions in the transition to a …

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Local Institutions and Local Economic Growth: The State of the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in England - A National Survey

Marlow, David; McCarthy, Anja; O'Brien, Peter; Pike, Andy; … - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2013

This study seeks to take stock of where the LEPs are at and where they are heading by analysing their strategies and priorities, organisation and governance, resources, effectiveness and working relations, innovations, lessons learned, and future barriers and challenges.

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Beyond Institutionalism: There Lies a Good Set of Trade Policies

Mamoon, Dawood; Murshed, S. Mansoob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the contribution of trade liberalisation to differences in the level of prosperity across nations. We compare this with the relative contribution of institutional capacity to prosperity, as well as the role of human capital accumulation in that...

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Gouvernance éducation et croissance économique

Jellal, Mohamed; Bouzahzah, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper highlights formally the interaction existing between the quality of institutional governance, the education sector and economic growth. More fundamentally, we show how the quality of institutional governance matters in giving directly the appropriate incentives for human capital...

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Inequality, extractive institutions, and growth in nondemocratic regimes

Mizuno, Nobuhiro; Naito, Katsuyuki; Okazawa, Ryosuke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

inequality leads to extractive institutions and impedes investment and growth. These results provide an explanation for the … inequality and quality of institutions. …

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