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Education, governance, trade and distance : impact on technology diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America productivity gap

Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017

This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin …-2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and trade's R&D content, and falls with distance to the … America's TFP loss relative to Mexico due to its greater distance to "US-Canada" (Europe and Japan) is 9.30 (0.02) percent. …

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Education, governance, and trade- and distance-related technology diffusion : accounting for the Latin America-East Asia TFP gap, and the TFP impact of South America's greater dist...

Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …-related international technology diffusion. Our model's explanatory power is 38% (62%) greater than that of the main trade-related (distance …

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Gains from variety : refugee-host interactions in Uganda

Mariani, Rama Dasi; Rosati, Furio Camillo; … - 2023

Refugees are mainly hosted in low-income countries, where they often remain for a long time. Therefore, it is important to assess how they integrate with the local economy and to what extent their presence can contribute to the transition to a more dynamic economic environment. Proximity between...

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The effect of distance to colleges on application behavior

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2024

achievement but vary in distance to the nearest selective and non-selective college. Students who live closer to a selective …

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