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Regional measures of human capital in the European Union
Dreger, Christian (contributor); Erber, Georg (contributor);  … - 2009
The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793935
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The regional development trap in Europe
Diemer, Andreas; Iammarino, Simona; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260223
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Alone and lonely : the economic cost of solitude for regions in Europe
Burlina, Chiara; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696661
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Learning from Latin America’s experience : Europe’s failure in the “Lisbon process”
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2010
to make Europe the leading knowledge-based economy in the world with a "Latin American perspective". A realistic and … most serious development blockades, confronting Europe. Secondly, we analyze European regional performance since the 1990s … in order to know whether growth and development in Europe spread evenly among the different regions of the continent. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941467
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The impact of local decentralization on economic growth : evidence from U.S. counties
Hammond, George W.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2009
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by economic indicator. We find that single-purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919883
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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we find divergence, which is, however, attenuated over...
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Human capital and the economic convergence mechanism : evidence from China
Zhang, Xiaboei; Li, Haizheng; Wang, Xiaojun; Fleisher, … - 2019
We examine the mechanism by which human capital affects economic growth and convergence, using provincial level panel data from China. We specify alternative measures of human capital and apply them to an enhanced growth model which we estimate parametrically, nonparametrically, and with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993244
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Regional economic growth and human capital : the role of overeducation
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi; Artís Ortuño, … - 2009
The paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using various indicators of human capital calculated from census microdata, we conclude that the recent economic performance of European regions is associated with an increase in overeducation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901216
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Regional growth and finance in Europe : is there a quality effect of bank efficiency?
Hasan, Iftekhar; Koetter, Michael; Wedow, Michael - In: Journal of banking & finance 33 (2009) 8, pp. 1446-1453
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Social capital and economic growth in the regions of Europe
Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; … - 2021
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