Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 37
Cover Image
Does redistribution hurt growth? An Empirical Assessment of the Redistribution-Growth Relationship in the European Union
Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Köppl-Turyna, Monika - 2024
This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … for 25 EU countries over the period 2007-2019, we show that market income inequality is associated with higher growth in … NBS) boosts growth in the short run, driven by the consumption and private investment channels. On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014508056
Cover Image
The role of innovation in industrial dynamics and productivity growth: a survey of the literature
Ugur, Mehment; Vivarelli, Marco - 2020
innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012266568
Cover Image
Covid-19 Vaccines, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Rights
Cozzi, Guido; Galli, Silvia - 2022
Should the intellectual property rights on the first Covid-19 vaccines be temporarily lifted in applying the Trade-Related Aspect of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) flexibility? Is it right to grant the first generation of Covid-19 vaccines a special treatment from an IPR perspective? On what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197980
Cover Image
The Legacies of the Soviet Influence in the 1950s: China's 156 Major Industrial Projects
Jin, Zhangfeng - 2021
This paper investigates whether and how China's adoption of Soviet-aided industrialization programs in the 1950s has affected its long-run innovation. Focusing on 156 major industrial projects aided by the Soviet Union, combined with an instrumental variable approach, I find that the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012617529
Cover Image
Rising longevity, increasing the retirement age, and the consequences for knowledge-based long-run growth
Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We assess the long-run growth effects of rising longevity and increasing the retirement age when growth is driven by … purposeful research and development. In contrast to economies in which growth depends on learning-by-doing spillovers, raising … the retirement age fosters economic growth. How economic growth changes in response to rising life expectancy depends on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155353
Cover Image
Vulnerability to Poverty: Tajikistan during and after the Global Financial Crisis
Gang, Ira N.; Gatskova, Kseniia; Landon-Lane, John; … - 2017
We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607436
Cover Image
The evolution of inequality in Latin America in the 21st century: What are the patterns, drivers and causes?
Bogliacino, Francesco; Rojas Lozano, Daniel - 2017
In this article, we show the evolution of inequality for the largest economies of the Latin American region in the 21st … century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631271
Cover Image
The evolution of tax implicit value judgements, redistribution and income inequality in the UK: 1968 to 2015
van de Ven, Justin; Hérault, Nicolas - 2019
An issue of interest in the literature that explores the drivers of inequality is the distributional bearing of tax and … judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and … redistribution; one that departs from the prevailing view that UK inequality stopped rising from the early 1990s. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019325
Cover Image
Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the … the true role of the government in attenuating income inequality. The estimated relationship between income inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051605
Cover Image
The long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between EU Member States
Ulceluse, Magdalena - 2019
This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering … significant effect on development and economic growth in 28 member states. However, the findings also indicate that some countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051607