Showing 1 - 10 of 1,896
the population induced productivity improvements and provision of optimal infrastructure in the region will form the two … transportation infrastructure on economic growth. The study argues that there is an optimal distribution of infrastructure in the … data for years 1961-2012 on India, the study examines the role of dense population and transportation infrastructure on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167289
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315503
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316522
The paper analyzes the contribution of public capital to private output using several meta-analytical techniques. Both fixed and random effects models are estimated by Weighted Least Squares. Sample overlap across studies is explicitly controlled for by employing a 'full' Generalized Least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316601
We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116573
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764448
This paper traces the 11,000 year evolution of infrastructure systems during major periods of innovation, expansion and … millennia, although at times it has been pivotal in bringing innovation, taking risks and driving efficiency. It is argued that … positive feedback between early capital market development and investment in infrastructure innovations that lowered system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043210
This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using a model-economy comprising two countries, North and South, where firms in the North may outsource part of their low-skilled labor intensive production to the South. We consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316274
into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect … productivity growth, and endogenous changes in expenditures shares on manufacturing goods and services. We quantify the importance … accumulation and trade costs have been the most important drivers of trade in the sample at hand, whereas productivity growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994081
demographics and the productivity of those who will still be active during the up-coming period of demographic ageing. As … productivity is difficult to investigate at a micro level, the paper builds on a large macro-data panel covering developed as well … output per worker as well as on total factor productivity (TFP). The results confirm earlier findings by Feyrer (2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316605