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Life expectancy, schooling and lifetime labor supply: the Ben-Porath mechanism revisited

Liu, Pan - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 133-139

life expectancy has a positive effect on schooling but a negative effect on expected lifetime labor supply. This paper …

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Child Labour, human capital formation and size of landholding: short run and long run analysis

Chakraborty, Bidisha; Chakraborty, Kamalika - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 3, pp. 2024-2037

capital accumulation of child depends on time devoted by child for schooling and financial resources invested towards … run as well as long run effects of increase in size of land holding on child labour, human capital formation and growth … and earns wage proportional to human capital and the child is employed in the land possessed by the household and also …

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Enhancing the public provision of education: the economics of education reform in developing countries

Patron, Rossana - In: Economics Bulletin 9 (2008) 26, pp. 1-8

The comprehensive evaluation of education reforms in developing countries needs the consideration of the 'triangle'' quality-quantity-equity in the short, medium and long term, in a broader context than just the education system itself. There is no simple â€˜recipe'' to enhance education,...

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How much economic freedom is necessary for economic growth? Theory and evidence

Altman, Morris - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 2, pp. 1-20

The hypothesis that economic freedom and related variables are significant determinants of real per capita income and growth is critically evaluated. Economic freedom is found necessary for higher levels of per capita income and growth largely in terms of threshold effects as opposed to...

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Risk aversion as effort incentive: A correction and prima facie test of the moral hazard theory of share tenancy

DeWeaver, Mark; Roumasset, James - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2002) 4, pp. 1-16

We show that Stiglitz's (1974) principal-agency theory of share tenancy does not imply, as alleged, that the optimal tenant share is less than one for risk-averse tenants nor that the share decreases monotonically with tenant risk aversion. Tenants may self insure by working harder increasingly...

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Luxury-based Growth

Kuwahara, Shiro - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2006) 5, pp. 1-13

Assuming that there exists a preference for luxury goods and a knowledge spillover from luxury goods production to goods production, this paper constructs an endogenous economic growth model. The model predicts two steady states: one is a steady positive growth state with regard to luxury goods...

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Favoritism in the Public Provision of Goods in Developing Countries

Batabyal, Amitrajeet; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2004) 1, pp. 1-10

Goods are often allocated publically by means of queuing processes in developing countries. In such situations, which group of citizens should a corrupt government official favor? In addition, what should be the basis for this favoritism? To the best of our knowledge, these salient questions...

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FOREIGN AID, GROWTH, POLICY AND REFORM

Mukherjee, Debasri; Shukralla, Elias; Alvi, Eskander - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 6, pp. 1-9

Whether good macroeconomic policy facilitates aid effectiveness in generating growth is a highly debated topic. In this paper we investigate if economic reform has a favorable effect on the aid-growth relationâ€”specifically, if reform enhances the effect of aid on growth. In doing so, we...

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Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from a Threshold Regression Analysis

Jyun-Yi, Wu; Chih-Chiang, Hsu - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 12, pp. 1-10

absorptive capacities, namely, initial GDP, human capital and the volume of trade, that are used as threshold variables in our … and human capital are important factors in explaining FDI. FDI is found to have a positive and significant impact on … growth when host countries have better levels of initial GDP and human capital. …

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A game model of dowry determination in an arranged marriage context

Batabyal, Amitrajeet - In: Economics Bulletin 10 (2005) 3, pp. 1-8

In many arranged marriage contexts, a mediator assists the bride and the groom's families in determining the actual amount of the dowry. Although social scientists in general and economists in particular have studied many aspects of dowries, to the best of our knowledge, the nature of the...

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