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The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Modern Times
Depetris-Chauvín, Emilio - 2018
to economic specialization in the pre-modern era. The findings are robust to a host of geographical, institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917099
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Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality
Mountford, Andrew - 2014
According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050612
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Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages and Diverse Patterns of Structural Transformation
Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2022
the south of the country, (2) the effect of the mining output shock on output and productivity growth in other sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079410
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Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
Batista, Catia - 2013
can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072168
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International Specialization and the Return to Capital
Batista, Catia - 2010
structural change in the form of intra-industry specialization. Our findings are consistent with Ventura's hypothesis that growth …How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148352
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Beyond EU-US Trade Dynamics : TTIP Effects Related to Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation
Jungmittag, Andre - 2017
The international economic debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has focused mainly on … trade induced real income gains while the FDI related and innovation induced benefits have been largely neglected, although … to output and economic growth, respectively. It is argued that such a Schumpeterian approach for an open economy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948641
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Survey of Models on Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response and Their Relationships in the Power Market
Heshmati, Almas - 2012
The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104681
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The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Iyigun, Murat - 2017
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate ideological backlashes and at other times lead to transformative sociopolitical movements? We propose an explanation that highlights the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957510
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A Theory of Conservative Revivals
Iyigun, Murat - 2018
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient political and economic institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate conservative ideological backlashes and, at other times, progressive social and political movements? We propose an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906514
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American Education in the Age of Mass Migrations 1870-1930
Murtin, Fabrice - 2009
This paper derives original series of average years of schooling in the United States 1870-1930, which take into account the impact of mass migrations on the US educational level. We reconstruct the foreign-born US population by age and by country of origin, while combining data on the flow of...
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