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Infrastructure and Growth : Empirical Evidence
Égert, Balázs - 2009
Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … the links between infrastructure and growth and the role of public policies, reports the results on the links with growth … from a variety of econometric approaches. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on …
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Population Density, Optimal Infrastructure and Economic Growth
Deole, Sumit S. - 2015
transportation infrastructure on economic growth. The study argues that there is an optimal distribution of infrastructure in the … the population induced productivity improvements and provision of optimal infrastructure in the region will form the two … data for years 1961-2012 on India, the study examines the role of dense population and transportation infrastructure on …
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Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth
Czernich, Nina - 2012
We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel …
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Coping with Change : International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
Expanded international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow us to analyze potential sources of the cross-country variation of comparably estimated labor-market returns to skills in a more diverse set of 32 countries. Returns to skills are systematically larger in countries that have...
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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries 1986-2006
Boubtane, Ekrame - 2015
This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native- and foreign-born populations by skill level. Specifically, after...
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Unraveling the Fortunates of the Fortunate : An Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) Approach
Eicher, Theo S. - 2007
We investigate country heterogeneity in cross-country growth regressions. In contrast to the previous literature that focuses on low-income countries, this study also highlights growth determinants in high-income (OECD) countries. We introduce Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) to address...
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The Nature of Financial and Real Business Cycles : The Great Moderation and Banking Sector Pro-Cyclicality
Égert, Balázs - 2012
This paper takes a fresh look at the nature of financial and real business cycles in OECD countries using annual data series and shorter quarterly and monthly economic indicators. It first analyses the main characteristics of the cycle, including the length, amplitude, asymmetry and changes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105148
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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries : Is There a Relationship?
Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2009
We study the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth for 23 OECD countries from 1975 to 2001 by using new panel data on sub-federal tax autonomy. While initial estimations suggest that fiscal decentralization causes lower growth rates, we find that this result is not...
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Demographic Structure and Macroeconomic Trends
Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2021
The effect of changes in demographic structure on medium-run trends of key macroeconomic variables is estimated using a Panel VAR of 21 OECD economies. The panel data variability assists the identification of direct effects of demographics, while the dynamic structure uncovers long-term effects....
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment : Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - 2021
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ panel VAR techniques to use a large annual dataset on 22 OECD countries over the period 1987-2009. The VAR approach allows to addresses the endogeneity problem by allowing the...
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