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Globalization, Institutions, and the Ethnic Divide : Recent Longitudinal Evidence

Wunnava, Phani V. - 2012

This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries covering the period 1992-2005. We find that democracies...

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

Heshmati, Almas - 2017

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and democracy by estimating a nation's production … shifters model enabled this study to find possible known channels between economic growth and democracy. Empirical results … based on a panel data of 144 countries observed for 1980–2014 show that democracy had a robust positive impact on economic …

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The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth : Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data

De Neve, Jan‐Emmanuel - 2015

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? Using subjective well-being data, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth are experienced. We find that measures of life satisfaction and affect are more than twice as sensitive to...

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Labor Productivity and Vocational Training : Evidence from Europe

Sala, Hector - 2011

rate of labor productivity in Europe between 1999 and 2005. We find that one extra hour of training per employee …

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Health and Economic Development : Evidence from the Introduction of Public Health Care

Strittmatter, Anthony - 2011

This paper investigates the causal effect of changes in health on economic development using a long panel of European countries. Identification is based on the particular timing of the introduction of public health care systems in different countries, which is the random outcome of a political...

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Immigration in Europe : Trends, Policies and Empirical Evidence

de la Rica, Sara - 2013

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … various important European destination countries and Europe as a whole. We then discuss key policy issues in the European …

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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth : Evidence from Europe

Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2021

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions...

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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development

Docquier, Frédéric - 2011

This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant...

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Does Corporate Governance Reform Necessarily Boost Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from Russia

Kuznecovs, Mihails - 2012

This paper examines whether the introduction of corporate governance (CG) reforms in general and that of transparency and disclosure (T&D) rules in particular can necessarily boost firm performance. Existing literature suggests that CG reforms can boost performance because it can resolve the...

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Do Middle Classes Bring Institutional Reforms?

Loayza, Norman - 2012

We revisit the link between poverty, the middle class and institutional outcomes using a newly developed cross-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle class increases (measured as the proportion of people...

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