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All about the giants : probing the influences on growth and income inequality at the end of the 20th century

Berry, R. Albert; Serieux, John - 2003

inequality, was dominant through both the 1980s and 1990s. Only India s influence remained substantial by comparison. Other …

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Can a growing world be fed when the climate is changing?

Dietz, Simon; Lanz, Bruno - 2019 - This version: November 2019

We study the capacity to meet food demand under conditions of climate change, economic and population growth. We take a novel approach to quantifying climate impacts, based on a model of the global economy structurally estimated on the period 1960 to 2015. The model integrates several features...

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Wages, human capital, and structural transformation

Herrendorf, Berthold; Schoellman, Todd - 2017

countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for …

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Does climate change make foodgrain yields more unpredictable : evidence from India

Verma, Saumya; Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - 2020

How would climate change affect India’s agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact … of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India’s major food crop) and two key millet crops … (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district level panel dataset from 1966-2011. A stochastic production function is …

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The twin effects of globalization : evidence from a sample of Indian manufacturing firms

Daveri, Francesco; Manasse, Paolo; Serra, Danila - 2010

sample of Indian manufacturing firms. -- globalization ; uncertainty ; training ; labor markets ; India …

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Resources, agriculture, and economic growth in economies in transition

Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2000

This paper reviews some reasons why natural resource abundance and extensive agriculture appear to impede economic growth around the world. The paper presents empirical, cross-sectional evidence of various aspects of this relationship in the transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe and...

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Did the Black Death cause economic development by "inventing" fertility restriction?

Edwards, Jeremy S. S.; Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. - 2018

Voigtländer and Voth argue that the Black Death shifted England towards pastoral agriculture, increasing wages for unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this argument does not hold. Its crucial assumption is...

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Business dynamics and productivity growth in the Netherlands

Freeman, Daan; Bettendorf, Leon; Heuvelen, Gerrit Hugo van - 2024

This study examines the decline in firm dynamism within the Netherlands, potentially linked to the deceleration of productivity growth. We utilise a rich microdata set covering the period 2006-2016, encompassing nearly all Dutch corporations. This dataset facilitates an evaluation of...

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Rainy day politics : an instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes

Lind, Jo Thori - 2014

Rain affects electoral turnout both through a direct effect on the cost of voting and by changing the opportunity cost. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral outcomes, rain provides an exogeneous source of...

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Populists in power

Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2021

We examine how populist governments influence political culture and economic outcomes. Some Austrian communities are governed by far-right populist mayors, directly elected by a majority of voters. We exploit close elections and find that the electorate becomes more polarized under populist...

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