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Convergence in total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide

Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2023

This paper examines convergence patterns in total greenhouse gas emissions across 114 countries from 1990 to 2019 … broaden the study. We use the club convergence test to contrast the null hypothesis of convergence for a pool of data and … identify subgroups of convergence. The results reveal different clubs according to the air pollutant considered, indicating the …

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Estimation of Technical Change and TFP Growth based on Observable Technology Shifters

Heshmati, Almas; Rashidghalam, Masoomeh - 2017

This paper models and estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth parametrically. The model is a generalization of the traditional production model where technology is represented by a time trend. TFP growth is decomposed into unobservable technical change, scale economies and observable...

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The Relationship between Economic Growth and Democracy: Alternative Representations of Technological Change

Kim, Nam-Seok; Heshmati, Almas - 2017

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and democracy by estimating a nation’s production function specified as static and dynamic models using panel data. In estimating the production function, it applies a single time trend, multiple time trends and the general index...

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Skill Gap, Mismatch, and the Dynamics of Italian Companies’ Productivity

Fanti, Lucrezia; Guarascio, Dario; Tubiana, Matteo - 2019

Relying on a unique integrated database, this work explores the relationship between labour productivity, on one side; intensity and characteristics of companies’ skills need and degree of skill mismatch, on the other. The analysis focuses on a representative sample of Italian limited liability...

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Productivity Loss amid Invisible Pollution

Wang, Chunchao; Lin, Qianqian; Qiu, Yun - 2020

Ground-level ozone is a continuing problem worldwide, but research on the influences of ozone pollution on labour productivity in developing countries is insufficient. We investigate the effect of ozone pollution on outdoor worker productivity in the service sector using a unique panel dataset...

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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 the short run. To estimate the impact of redistribution...

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Wealth Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from the World Inequality Database

Steenbrink, Rachel; Skali, Ahmed - 2024

Although it is often argued that wealth inequality matters more for economic growth than income inequality, this relationship has rarely been studied empirically, with a few exceptions covering a very restricted country sample or short timeframe. Leveraging hitherto unexploited wealth inequality...

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From the Entrepreneurial to the Ossified Economy: Evidence, Explanations and a New Perspective

Naudé, Wim - 2020

Entrepreneurship in advanced economies is in decline. This comes as a surprise: many scholars have anticipated an upsurge in entrepreneurship, and expected an "entrepreneurial economy" to replace the post-WW2 "managed" economy. Instead of the "entrepreneurial economy" what has come into being...

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Artificial Intelligence, Income Distribution and Economic Growth

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2020

The economic impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is studied using a (semi) endogenous growth model with two novel features. First, the task approach from labor economics is reformulated and integrated into a growth model. Second, the standard represen- tative household assumption is rejected,...

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Two and a half million Syrian refugees, skill mix and capital intensity

Akgündüz, Yusuf Emre; Torun, Huzeyfe - 2018

We investigate how the rapid increase in the low-skilled labor supply induced by the inflow of 2.5 million Syrian refugees changed the tasks performed by native workers and the amount of capital used by firms in Turkey. Despite the unexpected nature of the refugee inflow, location choice of the...

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