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Population age structure and the budget deficit
Chen, Derek Hung Chiat - 2004
"Chen focuses on the effects of age structure changes on the size of budget deficits of national governments. More specifically, he determines whether differences in age structure can account for the observed differences in budget deficits across countries as well as across time. By way of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522900
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Azerbaijan - Demographic Change : Implications for Social Policy and Poverty
World Bank - 2012
social spending, and draws policy implications for labor force participation, productivity, and ultimately for Azerbaijan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550593
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Armenia - Demographic change : implications for social policy and poverty
World Bank - 2012
, productivity, and ultimately for Armenia's development and poverty reduction trajectory. The note is structured as follows: section …
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Mali - The Demographic Challenge
World Bank - 2012
Mali has demographic characteristics similar to most sub-Saharan African countries, except for those of Southern Africa. The population of Mali is very young: in 1998, 46.3 percent of the population was under 15 years of age. Whereas mortality, especially infant and child mortality, has...
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Sri Lanka - Demographic Transition : Facing the Challenges of an Aging Population with Few Resources
World Bank - 2013
economic implications of demographic transition in Sri Lanka, focusing on employment and productivity related issues on one …
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Russian Federation : The Demographic Transition and Its Implications for Adult Learning and Long-Term Care Policies
World Bank - 2013
This report describes the demographic transition in the Russian Federation and its implications for adult learning and long-term care policies. The population of Russia is aging and declining rapidly compared to other European nations. Russia's current age structure results from decades of...
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World Bank group support for innovation and entrepreneurship : an independent evaluation
2014
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The business of product innovation : international empirical evidence
Lederman, Daniel - 2009
"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Boosting productivity via innovation and adoption of new technologies : any role for labor market institutions?
Tressel, Thierry - 2004
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