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Why capital (physical and human) doesn't move from rich to poor countries
Darreau, Philippe; Pigalle, François - HAL - 2012
Capital (physical and human) doesn't flow from rich to poor countries. We show that in order to solve these twin paradoxes, assumption of externality of physical capital is better than assumption of externality of human capital.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898504
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Education, Corruption and the Natural Resource Curse
Ruiz, Max Iván Aladave; Garcìa-Peñalosa, Cecilia - HAL - 2008
The empirical evidence on the determinants of growth across countries has found that growth is lower when natural resources are abundant, corruption widespread and educational attainment low. An extensive literature has examined the way in which these three variables can impact growth, but has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793414
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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010
What is the debate on Learning Organizations all about? In this paper we propose to demonstrate that the necessity to adapt to the socio-economic changes that have been transforming the way we think, live, learn and work over the last twenty years, makes of learning a condition of survival for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549161
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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010
What is the debate on Learning Organizations all about? In this paper we propose to demonstrate that the necessity to adapt to the socio-economic changes that have been transforming the way we think, live, learn and work over the last twenty years, makes of learning a condition of survival for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796094
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Social Capital as an Engine of Growth: Multisectoral Modelling and Implications
Bofota, Youyou Baende; Boucekkine, Raouf; Bala, Alain Pholo - HAL - 2012
We propose a multisector endogenous growth model incorporating social capital. Social capital only serves as input in the production of human capital and it involves a cost in terms of the final good. We show that in contrast to existing alternative specifications, this setting assures that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933921
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Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; … - HAL - 2014
The objective of this paper is to investigate the impacts of urbanization on human capital andeconomic growth in Africa. It seeks to contribute to the urbanization-growth debate byinvestigating how urbanization is linked to human capital accumulation and economic growth.More precisely, compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930231
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Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986-2006: A panel data analysis
Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe - HAL - 2013
This paper presents a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 and 2006. It is based on a unique dataset that enables to distinguish net migration of the native-born and foreign-born by skill level. Migration is introduced in an augmented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635050
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La croissance économique au passé, au présent, à l'avenir
Bienaymé, Alain - HAL - 2014
After a few centuries of speeding up, the distribution of GNP's growth rates has widely changed all round the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899774
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Task Organization, Human Capital and Wages in Moroccan Exporting Firms
Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe J. - HAL - 2013
We conduct a case study of the linkages of task organization, human capital accumulation and wages in Morocco, using matched worker-firm data for Electrical-mechanical and Textile-clothing industries. In order to integrate task organization into the interacting processes of workers' training and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933817
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Education inequalities and the Kuznets curves: a global perspective since 1870
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice - HAL - 2007
This paper presents a new dataset on educational attainment (primary, secondary and tertiary schooling) at the world … Mincerian returns to schooling and average schooling contrary to other functional forms. As a result, we show that world human … capital inequality has increased since 1870, but does not exceed 10% of world income inequality. Next, we analyse the …
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