Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of … unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends on the influence of human capital in the production function. In the …

growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. -- regulation ; product market … ; performance ; productivity ; innovation ; growth …

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … decades. Yet, recent evidence indicates that the country's economic growth has not been uniform. Compiling and analyzing new … segregated in certain provinces. We find beneficial impact of economic growth on poverty reduction, but this can depend on …

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

aggregate labor supply and savings. Next, we turn to economic growth, and describe how accounting for families is central for …

lower GDP growth per year on average. These estimated costs increase for candidates with serious accusations, multiple …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in … initial poverty incidences decline over time. Our analysis also finds initial poverty as having little direct effect on growth …