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Efficiency of Health Investment: Education or Intelligence?

Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

efficiency advantage is solely driven by intelligence. We operationalize efficiency of health investment as the probability of …) healthy, (ii) ill (in hospital), and (iii) death. We use data from a Dutch cohort born around 1940 that links intelligence … tests at age 12 to later-life hospitalization and mortality records. The results suggest that higher Intelligence induces …

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math...

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Explanatory Meta-Analysis of Tourist Income Multipliers

Baaijens, Sef R.; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

This paper aims to demonstrate the potential of quantitative research synthesis, i.e. meta-analysis, as a methodology for comparative and explorative research, with a particular view on tourism research. The attention is focused on regional tourist multipliers which measure the effects of...

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Growth and Inequality: A Meta-Analysis

Dominicis, Laura de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and empirical approaches have produced ambiguous results on sign and size of this relationship. Although there is a considerable part of the literature that considers inequality...

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The Impact of Uncertainty on Investment: A Meta-Analysis

Koetse, Mark J.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since the outcomes of primary studies are largely incomparable with respect to the magnitude of the effect, our analysis focuses on the direction and statistical significance of the...

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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of...

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Agglomeration, Innovation and Regional Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Meta-Analysis

Groot, Henri L.F. de; Poot, Jacques; Smit, Martijn J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally-connected knowledge-driven economy, the relevance of agglomeration forces that rely on proximity continues to increase, paradoxically despite declining real costs of information, communication...

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Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Fiscal Policies on Long-Run Growth

Nijkamp, Peter; Jacques Poot, Victoria - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

The issue of whether the public sector enhances or retards long-run economic growth has been debated passionately in recent years. In this paper we use meta-analysis to shed light on the issue. A sample of 93 published studies, yielding 123 meta-observations, is used to examine the robustness of...

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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness

Mulatu, Abay; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Withagen, Cees A.A.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

The potential relationship between domestic environmental regulation and internationalcompetitiveness has evoked various speculations. The common neoclassical train of thought is thatstrict environmental regulation is detrimental to the competitiveness of industry, and that itinduces phenomena...

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Regional Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Review

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...

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