We expand on the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)--Rest of World (ROW) growth difference literature and find a robust and consistently negative coefficient of an <italic>SSA</italic> dummy variable over the period 1965 to 2000. Most importantly, we find that SSA countries converge more slowly, if at all, than ROW countries.

This study examines cost structure for the provision of health care in college and university student health centres. Empirical estimates of a translog cost function for 81 American College Health Association member institutions show economies of scale in the production of student health care.

Analysis of monthly gaming activities in Clark County, Nevada from 1988:1 to 1995:6 reveals that the County's gaming revenue is positively associated with the amount of playable slot machines and visitors, and negatively to the nation's travel price index. The analysis also reveals the negative...

We improve results of the Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) augmented neoclassical growth model by considering broader measures of human capital. Compared with the MRW results, our approach increases the explanatory power of the model and the speed of conditional income convergence.

This study analyses the notion that the length of spells in secondary segment employment inhibits mobility to primary segment employment. Findings for young male workers aged 20-25 detect the existence of such an effect with secondary segment hazard rates exhibiting negative duration dependence...

Applying multivariate cointegration analysis to US data, we find growth unidirectionally and significantly Granger causes inequality.