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Tertiarisation of labour market has globally been associated with economic progress. But in developing countries, labour market deformities may push people into service economy out of distress also. This paper examines the tertiarisation process in Indian labour market to bring out the reasons...
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institutions in the financial services industry. …
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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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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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This paper examines the role of the international market in mediating North-South relations and analyzes how the market works in distributing the gains from trade. It is argued that the international market does not always provide an adequate engine of growth for the South if that region...
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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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Estimation results obtained with production smoothing models are often imprecise and sensitive to normalisation rules. It is argued that production costs in these models can be better specified in terms of production factor costs. The resulting (factor demand) model with inventories leads to...
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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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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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landscapes, representing a relatively rare attempt to bridge the gap between studies of the institutions of colonial society, and …
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